برنيق

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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بِرْنِيق (birnīqm (plural بِرْنِيقَات (birnīqāt))

  1. river horse, i.e. hippopotamus
    Synonyms: فَرَس الْبَحْر (faras al-baḥr), حِصَان الْبَحْر (ḥiṣān al-baḥr), فَرَس النَّهْر (faras an-nahr), (Nubia) إِرْد (ʔird)
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Etymology 2

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From Ottoman Turkish ورنیك (vernik).

Noun

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بَرْنِيق (barnīqm

  1. Alternative form of وَرْنِيش (warnīš)
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Etymology 3

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From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Upon the marriage of Ptolemy III of the Ptolemaic Kingdom to Berenice II of Egypt who latter had born in the region the Pentapolis of the later Libya superior was refounded and the city formerly called Εὐεσπερίδες (Euesperídes) was renamed to this name and relocated to its current centre.

Proper noun

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بَرْنِيق (barnīqf

  1. Berenice (a city in Cyrenaica, Libya), historical name / synonym of بَنْغَازِيّ (banḡāziyy)
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