Saudi

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊdi/, /ˈsɔːdi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aʊdi, -ɔːdi

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^[1]:

     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.

• Saudi Arabian

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^[2]:

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

• Saudi Arabian

Saudi

1. (informal) Ellipsis of Saudi Arabia.
   • 2008 June 22, Sebastian Abbot, Oil minister: Saudi willing to increase crude output, Associated Press:

• Iudas, USAID, Udasi

Saudi

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Saudi.

Ultimately from Arabic سُعُودِي (suʕūdī).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaʊ̯di/

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

1. Saudi (person from Saudi-Arabia)

   Synonym: (less common) Saudi-Araber

• Saudi-Arabien
• saudisch

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

Saudi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. ellipsis of Saudi Arabia