Arabicise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Arabicise is a verb meaning To make Arabic, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
Meaning
To make Arabic, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
Example Sentences
... its name was arabicised into Bihrasīr ; while the other one in Kirmān was arabicised into Bardashīr.
... these importations, continued by the successors of this prince and by the Mertnid dynasty, soon drove the Berber element into the mountains or absorbed and arabicised it.
Despite the many problems a large part of cultural life was arabicised, including primary and secondary education and many arts faculties in universities, broacasting on radio and TV, new items in cinemas, public signs and the judicial system. But, all of these achievements notwithstanding, the centres of power and administration remained French-dominated.
Word Forms
- arabicises
- arabicising
- arabicised
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