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Where does “бедуин” come from?

бедуин (Russian) comes from Arabic بَدَوِيّ, from Arabic بَدْو — desert, camp.

бедуин (Russian): bedouin

Definitions

  1. bedouin

Ancestry of “бедуин”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَدَوِيّbedouin, nomad, herdsman
2Arabicبَدْوdesert, camp
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