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Where does “béduin” come from?
béduin (French) comes from Arabic بَدَوِيّ, from Arabic بَدْو — desert, camp.
Ancestry of “béduin”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
بَدَوِيّ
bedouin, nomad, herdsman
2
Arabic
بَدْو
desert, camp
Words derived from “béduin”
bedoeïen
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