Arabize

American  

[ar-uh-bahyz] / ˈær əˌbaɪz /

especially British, Arabise

verb (used with or without object)

Arabized, Arabizing

1. to place or come under Arab influence or domination.

   Middle Eastern countries began to Arabize their oil industries.

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Other Word Forms

• Arabization
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of Arabize

First recorded in 1880–85; Arab + -ize

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Arabized

But activity-wise, it is less capicola than shawarma, an Arabized version of the Turkish word for turning, which is the very essence of the thing.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2019

Pop songs — "This Is a Man's World" and the James Bond theme "You Only Live Twice" — get Arabized with beats and vocal melismas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2014

The Syrians, meanwhile, would not listen to Egyptian proposals for a debate on the Lebanese situation; Cairo insists that the crisis should be "Arabized," meaning mediated by the Arab nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, many Copts feel that they, and not the Arabized Muslims, are the true Egyptians, the descendants of the pharaohs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neglecting the comparatively poor and thinly inhabited regions of South Africa, the Portuguese no sooner discovered than they coveted the flourishing cities held by Arabized peoples between Sofala and Cape Guardafui.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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