Meanings
yemen1
noun
- pluralplural of yeman
Yemen2
proper nounYemen (plural Yemens)
plural Yemens · alternative Yaman
- A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.
2012 April 30, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, “Al-Qaida's wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and minds”, in The Guardian - historicalA region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.
- historicalA province of the Ottoman Empire: the Yemen eyalet, later Yemen vilayet.
Origin
- Arabicاَلْيَمَن (al-yaman)
- Ottoman Turkishیمن (yemen)
- EnglishYemen
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یمن (yemen), from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).
More words from Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Proto-Semitic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Ancient Greek Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων
- Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (Arabía Eudaímōn)region in Arabia
Arabic الْيَمَن
- الْيَمَن (al-yaman)Republic of Yemen
Bengali ইয়েমেন
- ইয়েমেন (iẏemen)Republic of Yemen
Brazilian Portuguese Iêmen
- IêmenRepublic of Yemen
Bulgarian Йе́мен
- Йе́мен (Jémen)Republic of Yemen
Catalan Iemen
- IemenRepublic of Yemen
Chinese Mandarin 也門 /也门, 葉門 /叶门
- 也門 /也门 (Yěmén)Republic of Yemen
- 葉門 /叶门 (Yèmén)Republic of Yemen
Czech Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Danish Yemen
- YemenRepublic of Yemen
Dutch Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Esperanto Jemeno
- JemenoRepublic of Yemen
Estonian Jeemen
- JeemenRepublic of Yemen
European Portuguese Iémen
- IémenRepublic of Yemen
Finnish Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
French Yémen
- YémenRepublic of Yemen
German Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Greek Υεμένη
- Υεμένη (Yeméni)Republic of Yemen
Hebrew תֵּימָן
- תֵּימָן (teimán)Republic of Yemen
Hindi यमन
- यमन (yaman)Republic of Yemen
Hungarian Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Icelandic Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Indonesian Yaman
- YamanRepublic of Yemen
Irish Éimin, Poblacht Éimin
- ÉiminRepublic of Yemen
- Poblacht ÉiminRepublic of Yemen
Italian Yemen
- YemenRepublic of Yemen
Japanese イエメン
- イエメン (Iemen)Republic of Yemen
Korean 예멘
- 예멘Republic of Yemen
Latin Iemenia, Arabia Felix
- IemeniaRepublic of Yemen
- Arabia Felixregion in Arabia
Latvian Jemena
- JemenaRepublic of Yemen
Lithuanian Jemenas
- JemenasRepublic of Yemen
Malay Yaman
- YamanRepublic of Yemen
Māori Īemene
- ĪemeneRepublic of Yemen
Norwegian Bokmål Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Polish Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Romanian Yemen
- YemenRepublic of Yemen
Russian Йе́мен
- Йе́мен (Jémɛn)Republic of Yemen
Slovak Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Spanish Yemen
- YemenRepublic of Yemen
Swahili Yemen
- YemenRepublic of Yemen
Swedish Jemen
- JemenRepublic of Yemen
Tagalog Yemen
- YemenRepublic of Yemen
Tamil ஏமன், யமன்
- ஏமன் (ēmaṉ)Republic of Yemen
- யமன் (yamaṉ)Republic of Yemen
Thai เยเมน
- เยเมน (yee-meen)Republic of Yemen
Turkish Yemen, Yemen
- YemenRepublic of Yemen
- Yemenregion in Arabia
- YemenOttoman province
Ukrainian Є́мен
- Є́мен (Jémen)Republic of Yemen
Urdu یَمَن
- یَمَن (yaman)Republic of Yemen
Vietnamese Y-ê-men
- Y-ê-menRepublic of Yemen
Yiddish תּימן, יעמען
- תּימן (teymen)Republic of Yemen
- יעמען (yemen)Republic of Yemen
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with yemen
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Cite this entry
APA
yemen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yemen
MLA
“yemen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yemen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yemen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yemen.
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