Arabise

See also: arabise and arabisé

English

Etymology

Arab +‎ -ise

Verb

Arabise (third-person singular simple present Arabises, present participle Arabising, simple past and past participle Arabised)

  1. Alternative spelling of Arabize.
    • 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 123:
      ‘Asalaamu Alaikum,’ said an unfamiliar voice in the faux-Arabised accent of a non-Arab Muslim who is trying too hard, and Parvaiz looked up to see a compact but powerfully built man, muscles distorting the shape of his tightly fitting bomber jacket.

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