单词 | arabicize |
释义 | Arabicizev. transitive. To give an Arabic or Arab character to; spec. to render or borrow (a word, phrase, etc.) into Arabic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [verb (transitive)] > conform to Arabic usage Arabicize1826 1826 J. G. Percival Appendix: Varieties Human Race 9 in ‘J. Goldsmith’ Geogr. View World (1st U.S. ed.) There are several dialects in Spain, which may be classed under two divisions.—1. The N. E. which have a close affinity to the Provencal, and are not Arabicized. 1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights IX. 369 The Muslim conquerors were not content with Arabicizing the Spanish names. 1927 Amer. Math. Monthly 34 315 It is simply an attempt to arabicise the Greek term abakion (abacus). 1978 New Scientist 20 Apr. 142/2 Rumours spread that the irrigated land would be used to settle a million Egyptians, in a new attempt to Arabicise the south. 2005 P. Clawson & M. Rubin Eternal Iran i. 5 Iran's ruling clerics have made a conscious effort to try to Arabicize discourse by favoring words with Arabic roots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1826 |
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