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Where does “bedoeïen” come from?

bedoeïen (Dutch) comes from French béduin, from Arabic بَدَوِيّ, from Arabic بَدْو — desert, camp.

bedoeïen (Dutch): a bedouin, member of a nomadic Arab desert tribe

Definitions

  1. a bedouin, member of a nomadic Arab desert tribe

Ancestry of “bedoeïen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbéduin—
2Arabicبَدَوِيّbedouin, nomad, herdsman
3Arabicبَدْوdesert, camp
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