يمين

See also: یمین

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.miːn/
  • (file)

Noun

يَمِين • (yamīn) m or f (plural أَيْمُن (ʔaymun) or يَمَائِن (yamāʔin) or أَيْمَان (ʔaymān))

  1. right, right side (opposed to left)
    Antonyms: يَسَار (yasār), شِمَال (šimāl)
    ثُمَّ ٱنْعَطِفْ يَمِينًا.
    ṯumma nʕaṭif yamīnan.
    Then, turn right.
  2. right hand
    Antonym: شِمَال (šimāl)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:17:
      وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَى
      wamā tilka biyamīnika yā mūsā
      And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?

Declension

Derived terms

  • يَمِينِيّ (yamīniyy)
  • اَلْبَيِّنَةُ عَلَى مَنِ ٱدَّعَى وَٱلْيَمِينُ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرَ (al-bayyinatu ʕalā mani ddaʕā wa-lyamīnu ʕalā man ʔankara, proverb)

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: يمين (yimīn)
  • Maltese: lemin
  • Moroccan Arabic: يمين (ymīn)
  • Moroccan Arabic: ليمن (līman, līmin), ليمين (līmīn)
  • Swahili: yamini

Noun

يَمِين • (yamīn) f (plural أَيْمُن (ʔaymun) or أَيْمَان (ʔaymān))

  1. oath

Declension

Descendants

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَمِين (yamīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.miːn/, [jaˈmiːn]
  • (file)

Noun

يمين • (yamīn) m

  1. right (side or direction)
    Antonym: شمال (šmāl)
    لف عإيدك اليمين!
    liff ʕa-ʔīdak il-yamīn!
    Turn right!
    (literally, “Turn on your right hand!”)
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