Bahrain

English

Alternative forms

• Bahrein

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn, literally “the two seas”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑː(h)ˈɹeɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Bahrain

2. An archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.

Derived terms

• Bahraini
• BHR

Translations

country in the Middle East

• Abkhaz: Баҳреин (Baḥrejn)
• Afrikaans: Bahrein
• Albanian: Bahraini m, Bahrain m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ባሕሬን (baḥren)
• Arabic: الْبَحْرَيْن (ar) f (al-baḥrayn)
• Armenian: Բահրեյն (hy) (Bahreyn)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܚܪܵܝܢ (baḳrayn)
• Asturian: Baḥréin (ast), Bahréin (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Bəhreyn (az)
• Bashkir: Бахрейн (Baxreyn)
• Belarusian: Бахрэ́йн m (Baxréjn)
• Bengali: বাহরাইন (bn) (bahorain)
• Bhutanese: བཧ་རེན (bah ren)
• Breton: Bahrein
• Bulgarian: Бахре́йн (bg) m (Bahréjn)
• Burmese: ဘာရိန်း (bharin:)
• Catalan: Bahrain (ca) m
• Chechen: Бахьрайн (Baḥʳrajn)
• Cherokee: ᏆᎭᎴᎢᏂ (quahaleini)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 巴林 (baa¹ lam⁴)

  Mandarin: 巴林 (zh) (Bālín)

• Crimean Tatar: Bahreyn
• Czech: Bahrajn (cs) m
• Danish: Bahrain n
• Dhivehi: ބަޙްރައިން (baḥrain̊)
• Dutch: Bahrein (nl) n
• Esperanto: Barejno (eo)
• Estonian: Bahrein (et)
• Farefare: Baarein
• Finnish: Bahrain (fi)
• French: Bahreïn (fr) m, Bahrayn (fr) m
• Galician: Bahrain (gl)
• Georgian: ბაჰრეინი (ka) (bahreini)
• German: Bahrain (de)
• Greek: Μπαχρέιν (el) n (Bachréin)

  Ancient: Τύλος (Túlos)

• Gujarati: બહરૈન (bahrain)
• Hausa: Baharain
• Hebrew: בַּחְרֵיְן / בחריין f (baḥreyn)
• Hindi: बहरीन (hi) m (bahrīn), बहरैन (hi) m (bahrain)
• Hungarian: Bahrein (hu)
• Icelandic: Barein (is)
• Indonesian: Bahrain (id)
• Interlingua: Bahrein
• Irish: Bairéin f
• Italian: Bahrain m, Bahrein (it) m
• Japanese: バーレーン (ja) (Bārēn), バーレイン (Bārein)
• Kalenjin: Bahren
• Kamba: Bareni
• Kannada: ಬಹರೇನ್ (kn) (baharēn)
• Kashmiri: बहरैन (baharain)
• Kazakh: Бахрейн (kk) (Baxrein)
• Khmer: បារ៉ែន (km) (baaraen)
• Kikuyu: Bahren
• Korean: 바레인 (ko) (Barein)
• Kumyk: Багьрайн (Bahrayn)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Behreyn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Бахрейн (ky) (Bahreyn)
• Lao: ບາເລນ (bā lēn)
• Latin: Bachrania
• Latvian: Bahreina (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Bahreinas (lt) m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Bahrain (nds)

• Luhya: Bareni
• Luo: Bareen
• Macedonian: Бахреин m (Bahrein)
• Malay: Bahrain (ms)
• Malayalam: ബഹ്റൈൻ (bahṟaiṉ)
• Maltese: Baħrejn
• Marathi: बहरीन (bahrīn)
• Meru: Bareni
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Бахрейн (Baxrejn)

• Nauruan: Bahrain
• Nepali: बहराइन (baharāina)
• Norman: Bahrain
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bahrain (no)

  Nynorsk: Bahrain (nn)

• Occitan: Bahrayn (oc)
• Ossetian: Бахрейн (Baxrejn)
• Pashto: بحرين m (bahrayn)
• Persian:

  Dari: بَحْرَیْن (fa) (bahrayn)

  Iranian Persian: بَحْرِیْن (fa) (bahreyn)

• Polish: Bahrajn (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bahrein (pt), Barém (pt)
• Punjabi: ਬਹਿਰੀਨ (bahirīn)
• Romanian: Bahrain (ro) n
• Russian: Бахре́йн (ru) m (Baxréjn)
• Scottish Gaelic: Bahrain
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̀хреин m

  Roman: Bàhrein (sh) m

• Sinhalese: බහරේන් (baharēn)
• Slovak: Bahrajn (sk) m
• Slovene: Bahrájn (sl) m
• Spanish: Baréin (es)
• Swahili: Bahrain (sw)
• Swedish: Bahrain (sv) n
• Tagalog: Bahrain (tl)
• Tajik: Баҳрайн (tg) (Bahrayn)
• Tamil: பகுரைன் (pakuraiṉ)
• Tatar: Бәхрәйн (Bäxräyn)
• Telugu: బహ్రయిన్ (te) (bahrayin)
• Thai: บาห์เรน (th) (baa-reen)
• Tibetan: བྷཧ་རཡིན (bhah r.yin)
• Turkish: Bahreyn (tr)
• Turkmen: Bahreýn
• Ukrainian: Бахре́йн (uk) m (Baxréjn)
• Urdu: بَحْرِین m (bahrīn), بَحْرَین m (bahrain)
• Uyghur: بەھرېيىن (behrëyin)
• Uzbek: Bahrayn (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ba-ren
• Welsh: Bahrain
• West Frisian: Bachrein (fy) n
• Yiddish: באַכריין n (bakhreyn), באַהריין n (bahreyn)
• Yoruba: Báránì

See also

• Manama
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Barin

Anagrams

• Bharani

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈɾajn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈɾajn]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Bahrain m

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Danish

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Related terms

• bahrainer
• bahrainsk

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑhrɑi̯n/, [ˈbɑ̝xrɑ̝i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑhrɑin
• Syllabification^(key): Bah‧rain

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Derived terms

• bahrainilainen

 

German

Alternative forms

• Bahrein

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈʁaɪ̯n/, /baχˈʁaɪ̯n/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Proper noun

Bahrain n (proper noun, genitive Bahrains or (optionally with an article) Bahrain)

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Derived terms

• Bahrainer
• bahrainisch

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrɛjn/, (careful style) /bahˈrɛjn/
• Rhymes: -ɛjn

Proper noun

Bahrain m

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Related terms

• bahrainer
• bahrainsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Related terms

• bahrainar
• bahrainsk

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bahrain m

1. Alternative form of Barém

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Bahrein

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bahrain n (genitive Bahrains)

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Related terms

• bahrainsk (“Bahraini”, adjective)
• bahrainare c (“Bahraini male”)
• bahrainska c (“Bahraini female”)