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Where does “Bai” come from?

Bai (English) comes from Chinese 白, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk — white.

Bai (English): A marshy meadow

Definitions

  1. A marshy meadow

Ancestry of “Bai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese白white
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite
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