Definition
A variant spelling of Bedouin; a member of Arab nomadic tribes that live in desert regions.
Etymology
From Arabic 'badawi' meaning desert dweller, also spelled Bedouin. The variant 'beduin' reflects alternative English transliteration practices from Arabic.
Kelly Says
Different spellings of Bedouin (beduin, Bedouin, bedu) show how languages struggle to transliterate Arabic consonants—there's no perfect English equivalent for the Arabic letter, so you get multiple 'correct' versions.
Translations
CSČeština
Beduin
be-du-in
DADansk
beduiner
be-du-i-ner
DEDeutsch
Beduine
be-du-i-ne
ELΕλληνικά
βεδουίνος
ve-dou-i-nos
ESEspañol
beduino
be-du-i-no
FISuomi
beduiini
be-du-i-ni
FRFrançais
bédouin
be-dou-in
HEעברית
בּדוּיִין
be-du-yin
IDBahasa Indonesia
Bedouin
be-dou-in
ITItaliano
beduino
be-du-i-no
JA日本語
ベドウィン人
be-do-win-jin
MSBahasa Melayu
Bedouin
be-dou-in
MYမြန်မာ
ဘေဒူဝင်း
ba-deu-win
NLNederlands
Bedoeïen
be-doe-i-en
PTPortuguês
beduíno
be-du-i-no
RUРусский
бедуин
be-du-in
SVSvenska
beduin
be-du-in
SWKiswahili
Bedouin
be-dou-in
TAதமிழ்
படுவின்
pa-du-vin
TEతెలుగు
బెడూయిన్
be-du-yin
THไทย
ชาวเบดูอิน
cha-aw be-du-in
TRTürkçe
Bedouin
be-dou-in
UKУкраїнська
бедуїн
be-du-yin
VITiếng Việt
người Bedouin
ng-u-oi be-dou-in