Etymology

bai

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Japanese 霾
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bai · noun1

  1. Japanese · borrowed from霾
  2. English todaybai

Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.

Bai · noun, proper noun2

  1. Chinese · borrowed from白
  2. English todayBai

From Chinese 白 (Bái). Doublet of Bach (Vietnamese surname).

Bai · proper noun3

  1. Malay · borrowed fromBai
  2. English todayBai

Borrowed from Malay Bai.

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