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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَيْت لَحْم (bayt laḥm), ultimately from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (Bet Lékhem), from בֵּית (bet, “house”) + לֶחֶם (lékhem, “bread”).
Proper noun
بیت اللحم • (Beytüllahim)
- Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)
Descendants
References
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Beytüllahm”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 116
Urdu
Etymology
From Arabic بَيْت لَحْم (bayt laḥm), ultimately from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet lékhem).
Pronunciation
Noun
بَیْت اَلْلَحْم • (bait al-lahm) m (Hindi spelling बैतलहम)
- Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)