Saudi

See also: saudi and saudí

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊdi/, /ˈsɔːdi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -aʊdi, -ɔːdi

Noun

Saudi (plural Saudis)

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

Synonyms

Saudi Arabian

Translations

person from Saudi Arabia

Arabic: سُعُودِيّ (ar) m (suʕūdiyy), سُعُودِيَّة f (suʕūdiyya)
Armenian: սաուդյան (saudyan)
Asturian: saudita (ast)
Belarusian: сау́давец m (saúdavjec), сау́даўка f (saúdaŭka)
Catalan: saudita (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙特人 (shātèrén)
Czech: Saúdský Arab (cs) m
Danish: saudier c
Dutch: Saudi (nl) m
Esperanto: saŭdano (man or woman), saŭdarabiano (man or woman), saŭdanino (woman), saŭdarabianino (woman)
Finnish: saudi (fi)
French: Saoudien (fr) m, Saoudienne (fr) f
Galician: saudita m or f
German: Saudi (de) m, Saudi-Araber (de) m
Hindi: सऊदी (saūdī)
Hungarian: szaudi
Italian: saudito
Maltese: Sawdi m, Sawdija f, Sawdin pl, Sawdita m or f, Sawditi pl
Marathi: सौदी (saudī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: saudier m, saudiaraber m

Nynorsk: saudiar (nn) m, saudiarabar (nn) m
Persian: سعودی (fa) (so'udi)
Polish: Saudyjczyk (pl) m pers, 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 (es) m or f
Swedish: saudier (sv) c, saudiarab c, saudiska (sv) c (female), saudiarabiska (sv) c (female)
Tagalog: Saudi
Turkish: Suudi, Suudi Arabistanlı
Ukrainian: сау́дівець m (saúdivecʹ), сау́дівка f (saúdivka)
Urdu: سعودی (sa'ūdī)

Adjective

Saudi (comparative more Saudi, superlative most Saudi)

From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.

Synonyms

Saudi Arabian

Translations

pertaining to Saudi Arabia

Albanian: saudit
Arabic: سُعُودِيّ (ar) (suʕūdiyy)
Asturian: saudita (ast)
Belarusian: сау́даўскі (saúdaŭski)
Bengali: সৌদি (śōudi)
Bulgarian: сауди́тски (saudítski)
Catalan: saudita (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙特阿拉伯 (zh) (Shātè Ālābó), 沙特 (zh) (Shātè)
Czech: saúdskoarabský (cs), saúdský (cs)
Esperanto: saudarabia
Finnish: saudi-, saudiarabialainen (fi)
French: saoudien (fr), (rare) saoudi (fr) m, saoudite (fr) f
Galician: saudita
German: saudisch (de), saudi-arabisch (de)
Greek: σαουδαραβικός (el) m (saoudaravikós)
Hebrew: סֻּעוּדִּיָּה (su'udiyah)
Hindi: सऊदी (saūdī)
Hungarian: szaudi
Kazakh: сауд (saud)
Kyrgyz: сауд (saud)
Macedonian: саудиски (saudiski)
Maltese: Sawdi, Sawdita
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)
Slovak: saúdský
Slovene: savdski
Spanish: saudí (es), saudita (es)
Swedish: saudisk (sv)
Tagalog: Saudi
Tajik: саудӣ (saudi)
Thai: ซาอุดีอาระเบีย (th) (saa-ù-dii-aa-rá-biia)
Ukrainian: сау́дівський (saúdivsʹkyj)
Urdu: سعودی (sa'ūdī)

Proper noun

Saudi

(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, Udasi

Cebuano

Proper noun

Saudi

ellipsis of Saudi Arabia

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Saudi.

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic سُعُودِي (suʕūdī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzaʊ̯di/

Noun

Saudi m (strong, genitive Saudis, plural Saudis, feminine (rare) Saudin)

Saudi (person from Saudi-Arabia)
Synonym: (less common) Saudi-Araber

Declension

Declension of Saudi [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Saudi	die	Saudis
genitive	eines	des	Saudis	der	Saudis
dative	einem	dem	Saudi	den	Saudis
accusative	einen	den	Saudi	die	Saudis

Related terms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsawdi/ [ˈsaʊ̯.d̪ɪ]
Rhymes: -awdi
Syllabification: Sau‧di

Proper noun

Saudi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ellipsis of Saudi Arabia