البحرين

Arabic

Etymology

Compound of the article الْ‎ (al-), بَحْر‎ (baḥr, “sea”) and ـَيْن‎ (-ayn), lit. "the two seas". It's one of the Arabic country names, which requires the definite article اَل‎ (al-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.baħ.rajn/
IPA^(key): [ælbæħræjn]

Proper noun

الْبَحْرَيْن • (al-baḥrayn) f

Bahrain

Declension

Declension of noun الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn)

Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْبَحْرَيْن al-baḥrayn	—
Nominative	—	الْبَحْرَانِ‎ al-baḥrāni	—
Accusative	—	الْبَحْرَيْنِ al-baḥrayni	—
Genitive	—	الْبَحْرَيْنِ al-baḥrayni	—

Derived terms

بَحْرَيْنِيّ‎ (baḥrayniyy)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “بحر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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