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Yemeni

Yemeni

19 4.6
From Yemen or about its people and culture
  • adjective
  • /jəˈmɪni/
translation icon : yemení
  • The average age of Yemeni women when they first marry is approximately sixteen.
  • Yemeni women
  • Yemeni government
  • Yemeni relations

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Examples

  • One U.N. study estimated the cost of the Gulf War to the Yemeni economy as near 20% of its GNP.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Social and economic characteristics of Yemeni women thus have a significant influence on their age at marriage.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Why then has the U.S. been so silent about the Yemeni civil war?

    Academic text (1994)
  • Unfortunately, there are 83 dead Yemeni citizens, many of them women and children.

  • Both roads eventually connect to the border town of al-Malahiz, home to an important Yemeni military base.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Lacking Saudi intervention, the outcome for the Yemeni government would likely have been even less favorable.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Education and occupation levels of husbands and wives are significant factors of contraceptive use among Yemeni women.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Despite successful national elections, Yemeni elites were unable to solidify further compromises toward a more secure democratic union.

    Academic text (1994)
  • President al-Hamdi quickly came to personify the Yemeni nation and advanced this nationalism at the expense of narrow sectarian identities.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The Yemeni culture is rich in history and tradition, reflecting the diverse influences on the region.

Synonyms

Yemenite
vsYemeni
1 6.7

From Yemen or connected with its people and culture

is about people or general relation rather than culture or products

Compounds

Yemeni fils
  • Specialized
9.5

A small coin of Yemen worth one hundredth of a rial

Yemeni rial
  • Specialized
6.5

The money used in Yemen

Surface Forms

Yemeni positive

Morphology

Yemeni = Yemen (transparent) = Yemen + i

Clearly formed from the country name 'Yemen' plus the adjectival/demonynal suffix '-i', so the relation is obvious to learners who know the country name.

Etymology

Yemeni comes from the country name Yemen plus the ending -i, which means 'from' or 'of', like in Japanese; so Yemeni describes something that comes 'from Yemen'.