Saudi

See also: saudi and saudí

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊdi/, /ˈsɔːdi/
• Rhymes: -aʊdi, -ɔːdi

Noun

Saudi (plural Saudis)

1. A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.

Synonyms

• Saudi Arabian

Translations

person from Saudi Arabia

• Arabic: سُعُودِيّ‎ m (suʿūdiyy), سُعُودِيَّة‎ f (suʿūdiyya)
• Catalan: saudita (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙特人 (shātèrén)

• Esperanto: saŭdano (man or woman), saŭdarabiano (man or woman), saŭdanino (woman), saŭdarabianino (woman)
• Finnish: saudi (fi)
• French: Saoudien (fr) m, Saoudienne (fr) f
• German: Saudi-Araber (de) m, Saudi-Araberin (de) f
• Marathi: सौदी (saudī)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saudier m, saudiaraber m

  Nynorsk: saudiar (nn) m, saudiarabar (nn) m

• Polish: Saudyjczyk (pl) m, 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 m or f
• Swedish: saudier (sv) c, saudiarab c, saudiska c (female), saudiarabiska (sv) c (female)
• Turkish: Suudi

Adjective

Saudi (not comparable)

1. From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language.

Synonyms

• Saudi Arabian

Translations

pertaining to Saudi Arabia

• Arabic: سُعُودِيّ‎ (suʿūdiyy)
• Belarusian: сау́даўскі (saúdaŭski)
• Catalan: saudita (ca)
• Esperanto: saudarabia
• Finnish: saudi-
• French: saoudien (fr), (rare) saoudi (fr) m, saoudite (fr) f
• German: saudisch (de), saudi-arabisch (de)
• Hebrew: סֻּעוּדִּיָּה‎ (su'udiyah)
• 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)
• Spanish: saudí (es) m or f, saudita m or f
• Swedish: saudisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: сау́дівський (saúdivsʹkyj)

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