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- Arabic · borrowed fromسُعُودِيّ
- English todaySaudi
Borrowed from Arabic سُعُودِيّ (suʕūdiyy), from سُعُود (suʕūd, “Saud”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, Saud + -i.
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Saudi
Today it means: From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud. Full definition →
Arabic سُعُودِيّ