Where does “beduin” come from?
beduin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Arabic بَدَوِيّ, from Arabic بَدْو — desert, camp.
beduin (Serbo-Croatian): bedouin
Ancestry of “beduin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | بَدَوِيّ | bedouin, nomad, herdsman |
| 2 | Arabic | بَدْو | desert, camp |