Bedouin

[ bed-oo-in, bed-win ]

/ ˈbɛd u ɪn, ˈbɛd wɪn /

an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.

a nomad; wanderer.

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)

Bed·ou·in·ism, noun

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

Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil |Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Many of the Bedouin and Christians, especially, are doing their best to distance themselves from the violence.

Israelis and Arabs Shaken by the Aftershock of Teen Murders |Miranda Frum |July 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The first state-sanctioned Bedouin town in the Negev, named Tel Sheva, was established in 1968.

The Negev Desert’s Vanishing Bedouin |Ben Hattem |June 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Egyptian authorities do have some reason to doubt Berber and Bedouin loyalty.

On the Contraband Trail With Libya’s Gun Smugglers |Peter Schwartzstein |June 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

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

On the Contraband Trail With Libya’s Gun Smugglers |Peter Schwartzstein |June 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The same moment that Voltigius related this, there came a Bedouin riding in through the gate on a good horse.

Christ Legends |Selma Lagerlf
We could not induce the Bedouin to gather a water-plant we coveted in one of them for this reason.

Southern Arabia |Theodore Bent
It is only within a few years that the modern rifle with metal cartridge has found favor with the Bedouin.

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
The bedouin had put the desert behind him and stared at another, the sea.

Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern |Edgar Saltus
We were perfectly charmed to see great preparations for sleep going on among the Bedouin.

Southern Arabia |Theodore Bent

Bedouin

/ (ˈbɛdʊɪn) /

plural -ins or -in a member of any of the nomadic tribes of Arabs inhabiting the deserts of Arabia, Jordan, and Syria, as well as parts of the Sahara

a wanderer or rover

of or relating to the Bedouins

wandering or roving

C14: from Old French beduin, from Arabic badāwi, plural of badwi, from badw desert