Arabise

See also: arabise and arabisé

English

Etymology

From Arab +‎ -ise.

Verb

Arabise (third-person singular simple present Arabises, present participle Arabising, simple past and past participle Arabised)

1. Alternative spelling of Arabize.
   • 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 123:

     ‘Asalaamu Alaikum,’ said an unfamiliar voice in the faux-Arabised accent of a non-Arab Muslim who is trying too hard, and Parvaiz looked up to see a compact but powerfully built man, muscles distorting the shape of his tightly fitting bomber jacket.

Anagrams

• abaiser, air base, airbase