Saudi

Saudi

See also: saudi and saudí

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُعُودِيّ‎ (suʿūdiyy), from سُعُود‎ (suʿūd), the name of the Saud family, who rule Saudi Arabia, and the adjectival suffix ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊdi/, /ˈsɔːdi/

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• Rhymes: -aʊdi, -ɔːdi

Noun

Saudi (plural Saudis)

1. A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.

   The agal he wore on his head gave him away as a Saudi.

Synonyms

• Saudi Arabian

Translations

person from Saudi Arabia

Arabic: سُعُودِيّ‎ (ar) m (suʿūdiyy), سُعُودِيَّة‎ f (suʿūdiyya) Armenian: սաուդյան (saudyan) Belarusian: сау́давец m (saúdavjec), сау́даўка f (saúdaŭka) Catalan: saudita (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 沙特人 (shātèrén) Czech: Saúdský Arab (cs) m Dutch: Saudi (nl) m Esperanto: saŭdano (man or woman), saŭdarabiano (man or woman), saŭdanino (woman), saŭdarabianino (woman) Finnish: saudi (fi) French: Saoudien (fr) m, Saoudienne (fr) f Galician: saudita m or f German: Saudi-Araber (de) m, Saudi-Araberin (de) f Hindi: सऊदी (saūdī) Hungarian: szaudi Italian: saudito Marathi: सौदी (saudī) Norwegian: Bokmål: saudier m, saudiaraber m Nynorsk: saudiar (nn) m, saudiarabar (nn) m Persian: سعودی‎ (fa) (sa'udi) Polish: Saudyjczyk (pl) m pers, Saudyjka (pl) f Portuguese: saudita m or f Romanian: saudit m, saudită f Russian: сау́довец (ru) m (saúdovec), сау́довка f (saúdovka), (non-standard) сауди́ец (ru) m (saudíjec), сауди́йка f (saudíjka) Spanish: saudí (es) m or f, saudita (es) m or f Swedish: saudier (sv) c, saudiarab c, saudiska c (female), saudiarabiska (sv) c (female) Tagalog: Saudi Turkish: Suudi, Suudi Arabistanlı Ukrainian: сау́дівець m (saúdivecʹ), сау́дівка f (saúdivka) Urdu: سعودی‎ (sa'ūdī)

Adjective

Saudi (comparative more Saudi, superlative most Saudi)

1. From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language.

Synonyms

• Saudi Arabian

Translations

pertaining to Saudi Arabia

Albanian: saudit Arabic: سُعُودِيّ‎ (ar) (suʿūdiyy) Belarusian: сау́даўскі (saúdaŭski) Bengali: সৌদি (soudi) Bulgarian: сауди́тски (saudítski) Catalan: saudita (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 沙特阿拉伯 (zh) (Shātè Ālābó), 沙特 (zh) (Shātè) Czech: saúdskoarabský (cs), saúdský (cs) Esperanto: saudarabia Finnish: saudi-, saudiarabialainen (fi) French: saoudien (fr), (rare) saoudi (fr) m, saoudite (fr) f Galician: saudita German: saudisch (de), saudi-arabisch (de) Greek: σαουδαραβικός (el) m (saoudaravikós) Hebrew: סֻּעוּדִּיָּה‎ (su'udiyah) Hindi: सऊदी (saūdī) Hungarian: szaudi Kazakh: сауд (saud) Kyrgyz: сауд (saud) Macedonian: саудиски (saudiski) Marathi: सौदी (saudī) Norwegian: Bokmål: saudisk, saudiarabisk Nynorsk: saudisk (nn), saudiarabisk (nn) Persian: سعودی‎ (fa) (sa'udi) Polish: saudyjski (pl) m Portuguese: saudita Romanian: saudit Russian: сау́довский (ru) (saúdovskij), (non-standard) сауди́йский (saudíjskij) Slovak: saúdský Slovene: savdski Spanish: saudí (es), saudita (es) Swedish: saudisk (sv) Tagalog: Saudi Tajik: саудӣ (saudī) Thai: ซาอุดีอาระเบีย (th) (saa-ù-dii-aa-rá-biia) Ukrainian: сау́дівський (saúdivsʹkyj) Urdu: سعودی‎ (sa'ūdī)

Proper noun

Saudi

1. (informal) Short for Saudi Arabia.
   • 2008 June 22, Sebastian Abbot, “Oil minister: Saudi willing to increase crude output”, Associated Press

Translations

Saudi Arabia — see Saudi Arabia

Anagrams

• Iudas, USAID, Udasi

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Cebuano

Proper noun

Saudi

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Saudi.

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Sau‧di
• IPA^(key): /ˈsawdi/, [ˈsaʊ̯.dɪ]

Proper noun

Saudi

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia