Arabist

English

Etymology

From Arab +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɹəbɪst/

Noun

Arabist (plural Arabists)

(anthropology, linguistics) A scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics, or language. [from 17th c.]
(historical) One who followed the Arabic system of medicine or (more broadly) scholarship. [from 18th c.]
(politics) One that wants to spread Arabic culture; an Arab nationalist. [from 20th c.]

Translations

a scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics, or language

Czech: arabista m
Finnish: arabisti
Georgian: არაბისტი (arabisṭi)

German: Arabist (de) m, Arabistin (de) f
Polish: arabista (pl) m, arabistka (pl) f
Portuguese: arabista m or f

historical: one who followed the Arabic system of surgery

politics: one that wants to spread Arabic culture

Portuguese: arabista m or f

Adjective

Arabist (comparative more Arabist, superlative most Arabist)

Pertaining to Arabism; medieval Arabic scholarship. [from 19th c.]
Pertaining to the study of Arabic language or culture. [from 19th c.]
Pertaining to Arab nationalism; promoting Arab interests. [from 20th c.]
- 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin 2016, p. 24:
  Two of the most influential Arabist societies were established beyond the reach of Ottoman censors and police.

Anagrams

barista

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