Etymology

Basra

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Today it means: A port city in southeastern Iraq. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish بصره ← Arabic البَصْرَة
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Basra · proper noun1

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالبَصْرَة
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromبصره
  3. English todayBasra

From Ottoman Turkish بصره (Basra) and Arabic البَصْرَة (al-baṣra), from ال (al-, “the, land of the”) + بَصْرَة (baṣra, “overseer”).

Basra · proper noun2

  1. Punjabi · borrowed fromਬਸਰਾ
  2. Punjabi · borrowed fromਬਸਰਾ
  3. English todayBasra

Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਸਰਾ (basrā).

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