Saudi

See also: saudi and saudí

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊdi/, /ˈsɔːdi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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 (suʕūdiyy), سُعُودِيَّة f (suʕūdiyya)
• Armenian: սաուդյան (saudyan)
• Asturian: saudita (ast)
• Belarusian: сау́давец m (saúdavjec), сау́даўка f (saúdaŭka)
• Catalan: saudita (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙特人 (shātèrén)

• Czech: Saúdský Arab (cs) m
• Danish: saudier c
• 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 (de) m, Saudi-Araber (de) m
• Hindi: सऊदी (saūdī)
• Hungarian: szaudi
• Italian: saudito
• Maltese: Sawdi m, Sawdija f, Sawdin pl, Sawdita m or f, Sawditi pl
• 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 (sv) 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) (suʕūdiyy)
• Asturian: saudita (ast)
• Belarusian: сау́даўскі (saúdaŭski)
• Bengali: সৌদি (śōudi)
• 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)
• Maltese: Sawdi, Sawdita
• 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 (saudi)
• 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

Cebuano

Proper noun

Saudi

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Saudi.

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic سُعُودِي (suʕūdī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaʊ̯di/

Noun

Saudi m (strong, genitive Saudis, plural Saudis, feminine (rare) Saudin)

1. Saudi (person from Saudi-Arabia)

   Synonym: (less common) Saudi-Araber

Declension

Declension of Saudi [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Saudi	die	Saudis
genitive	eines	des	Saudis	der	Saudis
dative	einem	dem	Saudi	den	Saudis
accusative	einen	den	Saudi	die	Saudis

Related terms

• Saudi-Arabien
• saudisch

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsawdi/ [ˈsaʊ̯.d̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -awdi
• Syllabification: Sau‧di

Proper noun

Saudi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia