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

Etymology

Origin of Arabize

First recorded in 1880–85; Arab + -ize

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In the last 18 months, entire communities of Arabized Jews from the Sahara, whose speech and dress are indistinguishable from their Moslem neighbors, have left the country.

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.

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