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I'm not sure what area of tribe my friend is from, but what are the general meanings or definitions of the surname 'Bahim' other then animal of dumb?

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Hi,
"Bahim" means "Dark Black" as per the following Arabic traditional dictionaries:

1- Al-Moheet dictionary.
2- Al-Ghani dictionary.

The following web page contains the search result of the word "Bahim" in those dictionaries (the page is in Arabic):

http://qamoos.sakhr.com/idrisidic_1.asp?Sub=%c8%e5%ed%e3

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Mohammed Hammoud  

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