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🌍 To make Arabic 🔤 To use Arabic script 📚 To translate to Arabic
to Arabize

to Arabize

8.8
Write foreign words in Arabic letters
  • verb
  • /ˈærəˌbaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transliterar
  • The software can Arabize English text so it appears in Arabic script.

Examples

  • Many foreign place names are Arabized for use on local maps in the Middle East.

  • The teacher explained how to Arabize scientific terms for Arabic-speaking students.

  • Please Arabize this text.

  • She Arabizes names to make them more accessible to Arabic speakers.

  • The software can Arabize English text so it appears in Arabic script.

  • The teacher explained how to Arabize scientific terms for Arabic-speaking students.

  • She Arabizes names to make them more accessible to Arabic speakers.

Synonyms

to transliterate
vsto Arabize
1 7.7

To write words from one alphabet using the letters of another alphabet, not translate them

focuses on representing words specifically into one script rather than any other
to transcribe
vsto Arabize
1 4.4

To write words from one alphabet into another

focuses on converting written forms into a particular script rather than spoken sounds

How Arabic

to Arabize
  • Specialized
8.8

Surface Forms

Arabize infinitive
Arabized past
Arabized past participle
Arabizing present participle
Arabizes third person singular

Morphology

Arabize = Arab (transparent) = Arab + ize

The formation 'Arab' + '-ize' is straightforward; 'to Arabize (a text)' = to render it in Arabic/script, which is inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Arabize comes from Arab and the ending -ize, meaning 'make' or 'become'; a helpful way to remember this sense is to think of Romanize, which turns words into Roman letters — to Arabize text is to turn it into Arabic letters.