Bahrain

English

Alternative forms

• Bahrein

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːˈɹeɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Bahrain

2. A country in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain.

Derived terms

• Bahraini
• BHR

Translations

country in the Middle East

• Afrikaans: Bahrein
• Albanian: Bahraini m, Bahrain m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ባሕሬን (baḥren)
• Arabic: الْبَحْرَيْن (ar) f (al-baḥrayn)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܚܪܵܝܢ (baḳrayn)
• Armenian: Բահրեյն (hy) (Bahreyn)
• Azerbaijani: Bəhreyn (az)
• Bashkir: Бахрейн (Baxreyn)
• Belarusian: Бахрэ́йн m (Baxréjn)
• Bengali: বাহরাইন (bn) (bahorain)
• 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)
• 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 (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
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• Latvian: Bahreina f
• Lithuanian: Bahreinas (lt) m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Bahrain (nds)

• Luhya: Bareni
• Luo: Bareen
• Macedonian: Бахреин m (Bahrein)
• Malay: Bahrain
• Malayalam: ബഹ്റൈൻ (bahṟaiṉ)
• Maltese: Bahrain (mt)
• 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 (bahráyn)
• Persian: بحرین (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: بحرین m (bahrīn, bahrain)
• Uyghur: بەھرېيىن (behrëyin)
• Uzbek: Bahrayn (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ba-ren
• Welsh: Bahrain
• West Frisian: Bachrein 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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencian):

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Proper noun

Bahrain m

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

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Danish

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

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Finnish

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

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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 (a country in Western Asia)

Derived terms

• Bahrainer
• bahrainisch

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bahrain m

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• bahrainer
• bahrainsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• bahrainar
• bahrainsk

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Bahrain m

1. Alternative form of Bahrein

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Bahrain

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Bahrein

Proper noun

Bahrain n (genitive Bahrains)

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)

Related terms

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