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Tal al-Rabi'

Today it means: A settlement in Palestine, which Palestinians claim was forcefully renamed and converted into the city of Tel Aviv by Israeli settlers. Full definition →

Arabic تَلّ اَلرَّبِيع ← Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב

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Hebrew · calque ofתֵּל אָבִיב
Arabic · borrowed fromتَلّ اَلرَّبِيع
English todayTal al-Rabi'

Borrowed from Arabic تَلّ اَلرَّبِيع (tall ar-rabīʕ): a calque of Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב (tel 'avív).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.