Arabist

English

Etymology

From Arab +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɹəbɪst/

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Noun

Arabist (plural Arabists)

1. (anthropology, linguistics) A scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics, or language. [from 17th c.]
2. (historical) One who followed the Arabic system of medicine or (more broadly) scholarship. [from 18th c.]
3. (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
• Galician: arabista m or f
• Georgian: არაბისტი (arabisṭi)
• German: Arabist (de) m, Arabistin (de) f
• Greek: αραβιστής (el) m (aravistís), αραβολόγος (el) m or f (aravológos)
• Hungarian: arabista (hu)
• Italian: arabista m or f
• Polish: arabista (pl) m, arabistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: arabista m or f
• Romanian: arabist (ro)

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)

1. Pertaining to Arabism; medieval Arabic scholarship. [from 19th c.]
2. Pertaining to the study of Arabic language or culture. [from 19th c.]
3. Pertaining to Arab nationalism; promoting Arab interests. [from 20th c.]
   • 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 24:

     Two of the most influential Arabist societies were established beyond the reach of Ottoman censors and police.

Anagrams

• barista