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Etymology

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From French béduin, from Arabic بَدَوِيُّون (badawiyyūn), plural form of بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy); see bedouin for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beː.duˈin/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧doe‧ien
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

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bedoeïen m (plural bedoeïenen, diminutive bedoeïentje n)

  1. a bedouin, member of a nomadic Arab desert tribe

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