Arabize

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verb

To make Arab; to give Arab traits to.

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Arabicize
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Meanings

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

present singular third person Arabizes · participle present Arabizing · participle past Arabized · past Arabized · alternative Arabise

  1. transitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make Arab; to give Arab traits to.

Similar
Arabicize
Also see
arabicize

Origin

From Arab + -ize.

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Translations

Arabic أَعْرَبَ, عَرَّبَ
  • أَعْرَبَ (ʔaʕraba)to make Arab
  • عَرَّبَ (ʕarraba)to make Arab
Catalan arabitzar
  • arabitzarto make Arab
Chinese Mandarin 阿拉伯化
  • 阿拉伯化 (Ālābóhuà)to make Arab
Danish arabisere
  • arabisereto make Arab
Dutch arabiseren
  • arabiserento make Arab
Esperanto arabigi
  • arabigito make Arab
Finnish arabialaistaa
  • arabialaistaato make Arab
French arabiser
  • arabiserto make Arab
German arabisieren
  • arabisierento make Arab
Greek εξαραβίζω
  • εξαραβίζω (exaravízo)to make Arab
Italian arabizzare
  • arabizzareto make Arab
Japanese アラビア化する
  • アラビア化する (Arabia-ka-suru)to make Arab
Korean 아랍화(化)하다
  • 아랍화(化)하다 (araphwahada)to make Arab
Malay arabkan
  • arabkanto make Arab
Portuguese arabizar
  • arabizarto make Arab
Romanian arabiza
  • arabizato make Arab
Russian арабизи́ровать
  • арабизи́ровать (arabizírovatʹ)to make Arab
Slovak arabizovať
  • arabizovaťto make Arab
Spanish arabizar
  • arabizarto make Arab
Swedish arabisera
  • arabiserato make Arab
Turkish Araplaştırmak
  • Araplaştırmakto make Arab
Vietnamese Ả Rập hóa, Ả Rập hoá
  • Ả Rập hóato make Arab
  • Ả Rập hoáto make Arab
Cite this entry
APA

Arabize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arabize

MLA

“Arabize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arabize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Arabize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arabize.

Source: Arabize on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.