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). , equivalent to Saud +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊdi/, /ˈsɔːdi/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /sawd̪i/
• Rhymes: -aʊdi, -ɔːdi

Noun

Saudi (plural 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.

   • 2020 December 5, Nic Robertson, “Saudi Arabia has changed beyond recognition. But will tourists want to visit?”, in CNN‎:

     It was in that moment I connected with what Saudis had been feeling in the months since Mohammed bin Salman or MBS, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, stripped these morality guardians of their power.

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 (saúdawka) 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 m or f (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 (pt) 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 (sv) 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)

1. From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.
   • 2020 December 5, Nic Robertson, “Saudi Arabia has changed beyond recognition. But will tourists want to visit?”, in CNN‎:

     Yet none of these has affected me as much as the moment I felt Saudi change.

Synonyms

• Saudi Arabian

Translations

pertaining to Saudi Arabia

Albanian: saudit Arabic: سُعُودِيّ (ar) (suʕūdiyy) Asturian: saudita (ast) Belarusian: сау́даўскі (saúdawski) 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 (pt) 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) Tamil: சவுதி (cavuti) Thai: ซาอุดีอาระเบีย (th) (saa-ù-dii-aa-rá-biia) Ukrainian: сау́дівський (saúdivsʹkyj) Urdu: سعودی (sa'ūdī)

Proper noun

Saudi

1. (informal) Ellipsis of 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

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia
   • 2018 — Padayonon o Dili (08 November), Talk to Papa Joe, SuperBalita Cebu

     Ang akong kontrata sa Saudi kay tulo ka tuig. Sa wala pa ko ko molarga, sweet kaayo mi sa akong uyab. Puno mi sa panaad. Sungogon gani ko sa akong mga friends nga pabuwagan na lang siya sa di pa ko molarga kay wala kunoy ayo kay bayote^[sic]. Pero I like him gyud baya that time.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic سُعُودِي (suʕūdī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaʊ̯di/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. 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

• Saudi-Arabien
• saudisch

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Saudi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia