الأردن

Arabic

Etymology

From جُـنْـد الْأُرْدُنّ, "the Military district of Jordan", likely coined from Classical Syriac or Hebrew. Natively related to the root و ر د‎ (w-r-d) meaning "to descend", "to go or come down", "to come upon or come across something", "to come down to water", "an area descending to or a pathway leading to water", "a watering place"; for more see Hebrew יַרְדֵּן‎ (yardén).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dunn/
  • IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dun/ (colloquial)

Proper noun

الْأُرْدُنّ • (al-ʔurdunn) m

  1. Jordan (country)
  2. Jordan (river)

Usage notes

It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال‎ (al-).

Declension
Declension of noun الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʔurdunn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْأُرْدُنّ
al-ʔurdunn		 —
Nominative — الْأُرْدُنُّ
al-ʔurdunnu		 —
Accusative — الْأُرْدُنَّ
al-ʔurdunna		 —
Genitive — الْأُرْدُنِّ
al-ʔurdunni		 —

Derived terms

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

South Levantine Arabic
علم الأردن

Etymology

From Arabic الْأُرْدُنّ‎ (al-ʔurdunn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lʔur.dun/, [(ɪ)lˈʔʊr.dʊn]
  • Audio (al-Lidd)(file)

Proper noun

الأردن • (il-ʔurdun) m

  1. Jordan (a country in Asia)
  2. the Jordan River
    ‏نهر الأردن‎ ― nahr il-ʔurdon ― River Jordan
    Audio (Ramallah)(file)
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