Baath

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The Arab Socialist Baath Party, a secular Arab socialist political party present in several countries in the Middle East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.

Origin

• From Arabic بَعْث, part of the party's official name, حِزْب البَعْث العَرَبِيّ الاِشْتِرَاكِيّ. The sequence (aʿ) is often rendered as ⟨aa⟩ in English; compare Baalbek for بَعْلَبَكّ, Kaaba for الكَعْبَة, Saad for سَعْد, or zaatar for زَعْتَر.