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Where does “بحر” come from?

بحر (Arabic) comes from Proto-West Semitic baḥr- — sea.

بحر (Arabic): verbal noun of بَحَرَ; sea; large river

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of بَحَرَ; sea; large river

Ancestry of “بحر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Semiticbaḥr-sea
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