Emarat Explained

Arabic: امارات
Background:
  1. CCF
Introduced:2010
Type:Internationalised country code top-level domain
Status:Sunrise Period
Registry:.aeDA[1]
Sponsor:Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Intendeduse:Entities connected with
Registereddomains:1,096
Dateregistereddomains:7 March 2024
Refregistereddomains:[2]
Restrictions:Arabic script[3]
Document:dotEmarat Domain Name Policy
Disputepolicy:UAE Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
Dnsname:xn--mgbaam7a8h
Website:عربي.امارات

The Arabic name Arabic: امارات, romanized as emarat,[4] is the internationalized country code top-level domain for the United Arab Emirates.[5] The ASCII name of this domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet is xn--mgbaam7a8h, using the Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) procedure in the translation of the Unicode representation of the script version. The domain was installed in the Domain Name System on 5 May 2010.[6]

The first second-level sub domain is Arabic: عربي‎.‎Arabic: امارات which is transliterated as arabi.emarat.[4]

The United Arab Emirates is also assigned the country code top-level domain .ae.

The dotEmarat Sunrise Period started from 17 October 2010 for a duration of 2 months, ending on 15 December 2010.[7] This period was exclusively for all registered trademark owners to apply for a dotEmarat domain name.

Notes and References

  1. http://aeda.ae .aeDA – Domain Administration
  2. https://research.domaintools.com/statistics/tld-counts/ Domain Count Statistics for TLDs - DomainTools
  3. http://aeda.ae/eng/emaratlngtb.php .aeDA – Domain Administration
  4. ausregistry, First .emarat Arabic script domain name is live!, 7 May 2010
  5. http://www.idnnews.com/?p=9602 IDN News
  6. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05may10-en.htm First IDN ccTLDs available
  7. Web site: TRA Opens the door for Trademarks to Apply for Arabic Top-Level Domain Name (dotEmarat) . 31 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706063835/http://tra.gov.ae/news_TRA_Opens_the_door_for_Trademarks_to_Apply_for_Arabic_Top_Level_Domain_Name_(dotEmarat)-200-1.php . 6 July 2011 . dead .