ܝܦܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܝܦܢ
ܐܬܐ ܕܝܦܢ

Etymology

From Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Sinitic 日本 (Rìběn), likely from an earlier stage of modern Cantonese 日本 (jat6 bun2) or Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (MC nyit pwonX, “sun origin”).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ja.panː]

Proper noun

ܝܲܦܵܢ • (yappān) f

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago in Far East Asia)
    Synonyms: (obsolete) ܝܲܦܘܿܢ‎ (yapōn), (archaic) ܝܲܦܘܿܢܝܼܵܐ‎ (yapōnīyā)

Derived terms
  • ܝܲܦܵܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (yappānāyā, “Japanese”)
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