"bedouinize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bedouinizes [present, singular, third-person], bedouinizing [participle, present], bedouinized [participle, past], bedouinized [past]
Etymology: From bedouin + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bedouin|-ize}} bedouin + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} bedouinize (third-person singular simple present bedouinizes, present participle bedouinizing, simple past and past participle bedouinized)
  1. (transitive) To cause something to adopt bedouin characteristics.
    (history) In the Islamic Middle East, to cause agricultural or urban land to become bedouin-inhabited grazing land.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bedouinize-en-verb-QN6fbY~~ Categories (other): History, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. (transitive) To cause something to adopt bedouin characteristics.
    (linguistics) To cause an Arabic dialect to adopt features traditionally typical of those dialects spoken by the bedouins.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bedouinize-en-verb-rlxJeXrg Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bedouinization

Inflected forms

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