لبنان

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lub.naːn/

Proper noun

لُبْنَان • (lubnān) m or f

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    لبنان معروف بجباله الخلّابة وسواحله الجميلة.
    Lubnān maʿrūf bi-ǧibāli-hi al-ḫallābah wa-sawāḥili-hi al-ǧamīlah.
    Lebanon is known for its stunning mountains and beautiful coastlines.

Usage notes

  • Unlike the majority of country names, لُبْنَان (lubnān) is typically masculine.

Declension

Derived terms

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “لبن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

لِبْنان
عَلَم لِبْنان

Etymology

From Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lib.ˈnaːn/, [lɪb.ˈnaːn]

Proper noun

لِبْنان • (libnān) f

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lub.naːn/

Proper noun

لبنان • (lubnān) m

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

North Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Aleppo) /lub.naːn/, [ləbnæːn]
  • IPA(key): (Beirut) /lib.neːn/, [lɪbneːn]

Proper noun

لبنان • (libnēn)

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Ottoman Turkish

لبنان

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).

Proper noun

لبنان • (Lübnan)

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

  • جبل لبنان (cebel Lübnan, Mount Lebanon)
  • لبنانیه (Lübnaniye, Lebanese)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Lübnan

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لبنان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1074
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لبنان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4147
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لبنان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1624

Persian

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lʊb.nɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [lʊb.nɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [lub.nɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? luḇnān
Dari reading? lubnān
Iranian reading? lobnân
Tajik reading? lubnon

Proper noun

Dari لبنان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Лубнон

لبنان • (lobnân)

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

South Levantine Arabic

علم لبنان

Etymology

From Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lub.naːn/, [lʊbˈnæːn]
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Proper noun

لبنان • (lubnān) f

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

لِبْنان • (libnān) m (Hindi spelling लेबनान)

  1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

See also

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