▪ A PA III, coined from ↗
waṭan. As »the modern Arabic word for ‘citizen’, in the legal sense of the term (meaning ‘one holding the citizenship or nationality of a sovereign state’)«, the term »was coined around the turn of the 20th century from ↗waṭan — initially a place of residence and, by extension, a country or
patrie.«
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