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"Yemen" is spelt with "ya".

From a modern Arabic-Russian dictionary:

'alyaman  Yemen
yamaniy   Yemeni
yamiyn    right side
yamiyniy  right (political)
'ayman (fem. yumnay)  right

Clearly the root y-m-n means "right" (side) as in Hebrew.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: "Yemen"
Author:  gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au at internet
Date:    09/02/1999 19:32


For those with a better knowledge of Arabic than I, how is the name of 
the country "Yemen" spelled? Does it begin with a ya or a jim? Also, 
does anyone know what it actually means?

Many thanks,
GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
- Email: gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au
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