How do you pronounce saudi?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsaʊdi/.

saudi

/ˈsaʊdi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: sau-di
IPA: /ˈsaʊdi/

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Meaning

adj

From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.

noun

A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.

name

Ellipsis of Saudi Arabia.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Not available officially until 1960, public education is free to any Saudi girl whose family permits it."
"Yet none of these has affected me as much as the moment I felt Saudi change."
"The agal he wore on his head gave him away as a Saudi."
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُعُودِيّ (suʕūdiyy), from سُعُود (suʕūd, “Saud”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, Saud + -i.

Word Breakdown

Root: س ع د

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more Saudi (comparative) most Saudi (superlative) Saudis (plural)

Derived Forms

Saudiness Saudisation Saudization Saudise Saudize

Phrases

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian

Synonyms

Saudi Arabian saudi-arabian

Rhymes With

audi gaudy bawdy broady broadie drawdy patnaude dawdy sawdey sawdy cloudy rowdy