يميني

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of يَمِين (yamīn, right (side, direction), right hand) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

يَمِينِيّ • (yamīniyy) (feminine يَمِينِيَّة (yamīniyya), masculine plural يَمِينِيُّونَ (yamīniyyūna), feminine plural يَمِينِيَّات (yamīniyyāt))

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) right (side, direction), right-hand
  2. (politics) right-wing

Declension

References

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