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Bayt

Bayt (???, ???) is the Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
and Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
word for house

House

A house generally refers to a or building that is a dwelling or place for habitation by humans. The term includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to high-rise apartment buildings....
, deriving from a common Semitic

Semitic

In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages....
root that also gave rise to the name of the letter Bet

Bet (letter)

Bet, Beth, or Vet is the second Letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician language, Aramaic language, Hebrew language Syriac alphabet and Arabic alphabet ....
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It appears in several names, such as:

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Bayt (???, ???) is the Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
and Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
word for house

House

A house generally refers to a or building that is a dwelling or place for habitation by humans. The term includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to high-rise apartment buildings....
, deriving from a common Semitic

Semitic

In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages....
root that also gave rise to the name of the letter Bet

Bet (letter)

Bet, Beth, or Vet is the second Letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician language, Aramaic language, Hebrew language Syriac alphabet and Arabic alphabet ....
.

It appears in several names, such as:

Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt

Ahl al-Bayt is an Arabic phrase literally meaning People of the House, or family. The phrase "ahl al-bayt" was used in Arabia before the advent of Islam to refer to one's clan, and would be adopted by the ruling family of a tribe....
, the People of the House (or family), referring to the household of Muhammad
Muhammad

Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
or to all pious Muslims
Bayt al-Hikmah, the House of Wisdom
House of Wisdom

The House of Wisdom was a key institution in the Translation Movement - a library and translation institute in Abbassid-era Baghdad, Iraq. It is considered to have been a major intellectual center of the Islamic Golden Age....
, an Abbasid-era library in Baghdad
Bayt Lahm, the Arabic name for Bethlehem
Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a Palestine city in the central West Bank, approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority and a hub of Palestinian culture and tourism....
BAYT
Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto

Beth Avraham Yosef of Toronto is a synagogue in Thornhill, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, just north of Toronto, and is one of the largest Orthodox synagogues in North America....
, Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, an Orthodox synagogue in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.
Bayt.com
Bayt.com

Bayt.com is an employment website or job search engine. Bayt is the largest job site in the Middle East ? North Africa region with over 1.3 million unique visitors each month ....
, a recruitment website for the Middle East and North Africa.
Bayt can refer to a verse of classical Arabic poetry
Arabic poetry

Arabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Our present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that....