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Saudi

  • /ˈsaʊdi/
  • /ˈsɔːdi/
  • /sɑˈudi/

Rhymes with -aʊdi, -ɔːdi

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic سُعُودِيّ (suʕūdiyy), from سُعُود (suʕūd, “Saud”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, adjectival suffix).

By surface analysis, Saud + -i.

adjective more Saudi · most Saudi

  1. From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud. Not available officially until 1960, public education is free to any Saudi girl whose family permits it.

    Similar: Saudi Arabian

noun Saudis

  1. A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent. The agal he wore on his head gave him away as a Saudi.

    Similar: Saudi Arabian

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Saudi Arabia

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: saudi arabian, saudi-arabian, yemeni, bahrain, arabian, arabia, jeddah, riyadh, mecca, jidda, santa, sha, saint, prince, kingdom, republic

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adj pertaining to Saudi Arabia

Españolsaudí, saudita
中文沙特阿拉伯 Shātè Ālābó, 沙特 Shātè
हिन्दीसऊदी saūdī
Portuguêssaudita
Françaissaoudien, saoudi, saoudite
Deutschsaudisch, saudi-arabisch
Italianosaudita, saudiano
Ελληνικάσαουδαραβικός saoudaravikós
Românăsaudit
Русскийсау́довский saúdovskij, сауди́йский saudíjskij
العربيةسُعُودِيّ suʕūdiyy
עבריתסֻּעוּדִּיָּה su'udiyah

noun person from Saudi Arabia

Españolsaudí, saudita
中文沙特人 shātèrén
हिन्दीसऊदी saūdī
Portuguêssaudita
FrançaisSaoudien, Saoudienne
DeutschSaudi, Saudi-Araber
Italianosaudita
Românăsaudit, saudită
Русскийсау́довец saúdovec, сау́довка saúdovka, сауди́ец saudíjec, сауди́йка saudíjka
العربيةسُعُودِيّ suʕūdiyy, سُعُودِيَّة suʕūdiyya

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@misc{saudi_2026,
  title = {Saudi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saudi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}