Arabicize

[uh-rab-uh-sahyz]

verb (used with or without object), A·rab·i·cized, A·rab·i·ciz·ing.

(of a language or a linguistic feature) to make or become Arabic in form.
Arabize.

Also especially British, A·rab·i·cise.

Origin of Arabicize

First recorded in 1870–75; Arabic + -ize

Related formsA·rab·i·ci·za·tion, noun

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