حضرموت

حَضْرَمَوْت (name)

Etymology: From Hadrami 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩 (ḥḍrmt), seemingly also the source of Biblical Hebrew חֲצַרְמָוֶת. Based on early transcriptions, it appears that the vocalization with -ūt is original. The original meaning is debated; serious suggestions include that it meant "the green place", by relating it to the root خ ض ر (ḵ ḍ r, “green”, root) (Salibi) or "place of men", by taking the first half as Arabic and relating the second half to Proto-Semitic *mut- (“man”) (Al-Jallad). A common folk etymology derives it from the native Arabic words حَضَرَ (ḥaḍara, “be present”) and مَوْت (mawt, “death”).

Meaning: Hadhramaut (region in southern Arabia); Hadhramaut (a governorate of Yemen)

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