بیت اللحم

See also: بيت لحم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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)

1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Descendants

• Turkish: Beytüllahim

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Beytüllahm”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛːt̪.əl.lə.ɦəm/
• Rhymes: -əm
• Hyphenation: بَیت‧لَ‧حَم

Noun

بَیْت اَلْلَحْم • (bait al-lahm) m (Hindi spelling बैतलहम)

1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)