Etymology

Dahab

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Today it means: A town in South Sinai governorate, Egypt. Full definition →

Egyptian Arabic دهب ← Arabic ذَهَب
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  1. Arabic · derived fromذَهَب“gold”
  2. Egyptian Arabic · borrowed fromدهب
  3. English todayDahab

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.