arabicise

English

Etymology

Arabic +‎ -ise

Verb

arabicise (third-person singular simple present arabicises, present participle arabicising, simple past and past participle arabicised)

1. To make Arabic, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
   • 1930, Journal of the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute - Issues 17-24, page 94:

     ... its name was arabicised into Bihrasīr ; while the other one in Kirmān was arabicised into Bardashīr.

   • 1936, Martijn Theodoor Houtsma, Sir Thomas Walker Arnold, René Basset, The encyclopaedia of Islām, page 590:

     ... 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.

   • 2013, Yasir Suleiman, Arabic Sociolinguistics: Issues and Perspectives, →ISBN, page 38:

     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.