Definitions for Bedouin

Bedouin Bed·ou·in

Spelling: [bed-oo-in, bed-win]
IPA: /ˈbɛd u ɪn, ˈbɛd wɪn/

Bedouin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in Bedouin (bdeinou).

Definitions for Bedouin

noun

  1. an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
  2. a nomad; wanderer.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Bedouin.

Origin of Bedouin

1350-1400; Middle English Bedoyn Middle French beduyn Arabic badawī desert-dweller (badw desert + -ī suffix of appurtenance)

Examples for Bedouin

Many and many an army wife and mother had similarly to live a Bedouin life that summer.

The first state-sanctioned Bedouin town in the Negev, named Tel Sheva, was established in 1968.

One role the desert-dwelling Bedouin and Berbers would be perfectly suited to is aiding the army in its frontier patrols.

The lines of camp-fires begin to gleam from the transient Bedouin villages.

Egyptian authorities do have some reason to doubt Berber and Bedouin loyalty.

I have a Bedouin prince for a friend who accompanied me to Paris.

The truth is that you love living in the past as the Bedouin loves living in the desert.

Bedouin women wore bright clothes and burqas, the parting of their hair and their kohl-lined eyes left exposed.

Many of the Bedouin and Christians, especially, are doing their best to distance themselves from the violence.

Are thy relations with thy driver, I wonder, those of the Bedouin and his steed?

Word Value for Bedouin
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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