adjective
- adapted to or influenced by Arabic language, culture, or customs
verb
- past tense and past participle of arabicize; to make Arabic in character or form, or to adopt Arabic language and customs
Usage: transitive verb
Examples
- The region became increasingly arabicized after the conquest.
- Many Berber communities arabicized their names over centuries.
- The arabicized populations of North Africa maintained distinct local traditions.
- Local languages were gradually arabicized through trade and administration.
- The arabicized elite adopted Arabic as their primary language.
- Scholars studied how societies arabicized following the Islamic expansion.