arabist

1. 1.

   a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture

   Broaderscholar

Other forms of arabist

plural

arabists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arabist

What does arabist mean?

arabist means "a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture".

How many syllables are in arabist?

arabist has 3 syllables and divides as a-ra-bist under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.