Arabize

To make Arab; to give Arab traits to.

Verb

  1. 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...

Origin

Etymology tree English Arab Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Arabize From Arab + -ize.

Forms

Arabizes Arabizing Arabized Arabise

Synonyms

Arabicize

Derived

Arabization Arabisation