Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dahab

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: da-hab
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in South Sinai governorate, Egypt.

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic دهب (dahab, literally “gold”), from Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab, “gold”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: ذ ه ب, ذَهَب

Inflected Forms

Dehab (alternative)

Synonyms

Catachrysea

Questions

What does dahab mean?: A town in South Sinai governorate, Egypt.
Where does dahab come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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