bedouinize

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verb

In the Islamic Middle East, to cause agricultural or urban land to become bedouin-inhabited grazing land.

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Meanings

verbbedouinize (third-person singular simple present bedouinizes, present participle bedouinizing, simple past and past participle bedouinized)

present singular third person bedouinizes · participle present bedouinizing · participle past bedouinized · past bedouinized

  1. To cause something to adopt bedouin characteristics.
    1. transitivehistoryIn the Islamic Middle East, to cause agricultural or urban land to become bedouin-inhabited grazing land.
    2. transitivehuman sciencesTo cause an Arabic dialect to adopt features traditionally typical of those dialects spoken by the bedouins.

Origin

From bedouin + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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