Arabize

[ ar-uh-bahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Ar·ab·ized, Ar·ab·iz·ing.

1. to place or come under Arab influence or domination:

   Middle Eastern countries began to Arabize their oil industries.

Other Words From

• Arab·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arabize¹

First recorded in 1880–85; Arab + -ize

Example Sentences

All this means that he is being very successful in a way: His highest aim after all is to Arabize Turkey, which is indeed becoming more like Iraq and Syria every day.

From Slate

Some 300,000 have been denied citizenship since the 1960s, and Kurdish land has been confiscated and redistributed to Arabs in an attempt to "Arabize" Kurdish regions.

From BBC

But around Irbil he sometimes forgoes the traditional Arab dress because some Kurds view it as a sign of the decades of Arab rule and efforts to "Arabize" the Kurds, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Under Saddam, Baghdad went to bizarre lengths to Arabize the city, threatening Kurds until they quit their jobs, turned over housing, and fled to nearby Kurdistan.

From The New Yorker

“I want to Arabize this concept so it can serve the community,” Fattorini says.

From US News