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Where does “البحرين” come from?

البحرين (Arabic) comes from Arabic اَل, from Sanskrit अलाबु — the bottle gourd; a vessel made of the bottle...

Ancestry of “البحرين”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاَلthe
2Sanskritअलाबुthe bottle gourd; a vessel made of the bottle...
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