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/

Proper noun

الْبَحْرَيْن • (al-baḥrayn) f

1. Bahrain (a country in Asia)
2. (archaic, historical) Eastern Arabia

Derived terms

• بَحْرَيْنِيّ (baḥrayniyy)

See also

• مَمْلَكَة الْبَحْرَيْن (mamlakat al-baḥrayn)

References

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

Hijazi Arabic

البحرين

عَلَم البحرين

Etymology

From Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.baħ.reːn/, [al.baħ.re̞ːn]

Proper noun

البحرين • (al-baḥrēn) f

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

Related terms

• بحريني (baḥrēni, “Bahraini”) (masculine)
• بحرينية (baḥrēniyya, “Bahraini”) (feminine)