Saudi

Meaning

1. From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.
2. Ellipsis of Saudi Arabia.
3. A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.

Etymology / origin

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.

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