noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɛd.(ə.)wɪn/
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CMU ARPABET:B EH1 D OW0 AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:B EH1 D UW0 IH2 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 3:B EH1 D AH0 W AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Bedouin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Beduin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Arab, Arabian, nomad
History
Etymology
From Old French beduin (compare French bédouin), from Arabic بَدَوِيِّين (badawiyyīn), plural of بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy), from collective noun بَدْو (badw, “nomads”).
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
beduin
— desert-dweller
Arabic:
بَدَوِيّ
(badawiyy)
— desert-dweller
Arabic:
بَدْو
(badw)
— desert-dweller
Arabic:
بدوي
(badawi)
— desert-dweller
Arabic:
بدو
(badu)
— desert-dweller
Armenian:
բեդվին
(bedvin)
— desert-dweller
Azerbaijani:
bədəvi
— desert-dweller
Bashkir:
бәҙүән
(bəźwən)
— desert-dweller
Bengali:
বেদুঈন
(beduin)
— desert-dweller
Bulgarian:
бедуи́н
(beduín)
— desert-dweller
Catalan:
beduí
— desert-dweller
Chinese Mandarin:
貝都因人 /贝都因人
(bèidūyīn rén)
— desert-dweller