بحرین

Etymology

From Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn).

Pronunciation

• Vocalised Persian: بحرِین
• IPA^(key): [bæhˈɾejn]

Proper noun

بحرین • (bahreyn)

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

   Synonyms: بحرینی (bahreyni), پادشاهی بحرین (pâdšâhi-ye bahreyn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn), possibly influenced by Persian بحرین (bahreyn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəɦ.ɾiːn/, [bɛɦ.ɾiːn]
• Rhymes: -iːn

Proper noun

بَحْرِین • (bahrīn) m (Hindi spelling बहरीन)

1. Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)
2. Bahrain (a town in Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)

See also

• (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) ^{(Category: ur:Middle East)}