البحرين

Arabic

Etymology

Compound of the article اَل‎ (al-) +‎ بَحْر‎ (baḥr, “sea”) +‎ ـَيْن‎ (-ayn), literally “the two seas”. It is one of the Arabic country names that require the definite article اَل‎ (al-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.baħ.rajn/
  • IPA(key): [ælbaħræjn]

Proper noun

الْبَحْرَيْن • (al-baḥrayn) f

  1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

See also

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