arabist
IPA: ʌrˈæbɪst
Root Word: Arabist
noun
- (anthropology, linguistics) A scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics, or language.
- (historical) One who followed the Arabic system of medicine or (more broadly) scholarship.
- (politics) One that wants to spread Arabic culture; an Arab nationalist.
adjective
- Pertaining to Arabism; medieval Arabic scholarship.
- Pertaining to the study of Arabic language or culture.
- Pertaining to Arab nationalism; promoting Arab interests.
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Examples of "arabist" in Sentences
- At best, he's an extreme Arabist.
- You happen to take the Arabist view.
- But being a racist pan arabist you want to silent it out.
- Again, I am flabbergasted by the insistance of some arabists.
- That goes for an editorial by a pan Arabist or by whoever else.
- He is also an Arabist, a man who has a proclivity to favor Arabs.
- Some Pan Arabists view Arabish as a detrimental form of Westernization.
- He continues to consult with various institutions and is a respected arabist.
- And of course none exist in Arabic until the rise of pan arabist nationalism.
- The same pan Arabist nationalism was responsible for this historic distortion.
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