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Arabize

Arabize verb: to make Arab; to give Arab traits to.

Verb

Arabize (third-person singular simple present Arabizes, present participle Arabizing, simple past and past participle Arabized)

  1. (transitive) To make Arab; to give Arab traits to.
    • Iran was indeed Islamized, but it was not Arabized. Persians remained Persians. And after an interval of silence, Iran reemerged as a separate, different and distinctive element within Islam, eventually adding a new element even to Islam itself.1999, Bernard Lewis, "Iran in History", Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, page 2
    Synonyms:
    Arabicize

Arabize meaning in Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese

Arabize in Arabic

to make Arab
أَعْرَبَ ʔaʕraba, عَرَّبَ ʕarraba

Arabize in Malay

to make Arab
arabkan

Arabize in Vietnamese

to make Arab
Ả Rập hóa, Ả Rập hoá

Synonyms of Arabize

Forms of Arabize

third-person singular presentArabizes
present participleArabizing
past participleArabized
pastArabized
alternative formArabise

Origin of Arabize

From Arab + -ize.

Words formed from Arabize

Questions about Arabize

What does Arabize mean?
Arabize means to make Arab; to give Arab traits to.
What is Arabize in Arabic?
Arabize in Arabic is أَعْرَبَ (ʔaʕraba), عَرَّبَ (ʕarraba). See Arabize meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Arabize?
Arabize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Arabize?
The past tense of Arabize is Arabized.

Words near Arabize in the dictionary

  1. arabityl
  2. arabiyeh
  3. arabiyehs
  4. Arabization
  5. Arabizations
  6. Arabize
  7. Arabized
  8. Arabizes
  9. Arabizi
  10. Arabizing
  11. arable

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