Bedouin
pronunciation
How to pronounce Bedouin in British English:
UK [ˈbeduɪn]
How to pronounce Bedouin in American English:
US [ˈbɛduɪn, ˈbɛdwɪn]
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- Noun:
- a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
Word Origin
- Bedouin (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French bedüin (Modern French bédouin), from colloquial Arabic badawin "desert-dwellers," plural of badawi, from badw "desert, camp." The Arabic plural suffix was mistaken for part of the word. A word from the Crusades, it probably was lost in English and then reborrowed from French c. 1600. As an adjective from 1844.
Example
- 1. The bedouin of sinai loathe the old order .
- 2. In neighbouring countries , the bedouin are also on the move .
- 3. The government buildings that the bedouin ransacked during the revolution are still littered with security files .
- 4. For years egyptian bureaucrats from the nile valley have refused to let the bedouin register their land .
- 5. Bedouin who can prove entitlement will receive half their land , or compensation .