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Basit

Basit proper noun: a male given name from Arabic.

Proper noun

Basit

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname from Arabic.
    • Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men came to an end almost as suddenly as it began. His alleged co-conspirators in the World Trade Center bombing had implicated “Ramzi Yousef” when they were arrested, and the F.B.I. had on several occasions laid elaborate plans to capture him in...1995 June 5, Mary Anne Weaver, “Children of the Jihad”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2016

Origin of Basit

Borrowed from Arabic بسيط.

Questions about Basit

What does Basit mean?
Basit means a male given name from Arabic.
What part of speech is Basit?
Basit is a proper noun.

Words near Basit in the dictionary

  1. basisterna
  2. basisternal
  3. basisternum
  4. basistipital
  5. basiswise
  6. Basit
  7. basitarsal
  8. basitarsi
  9. basitarsomere
  10. basitarsomeres
  11. basitarsus

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