Azzazame

noun

Az·​zaz·​a·​me

əˈzazəmē

variants or Azzazimah

-mə

plural -s

often attributive

1

: an Arab people living chiefly in the Sinai peninsula but found scattered throughout the Arab world

2

: a member of the Azzazame people

Word History

Etymology

Arabic ʽAzāzamiyah, colloquial Arabic ʽAz(z)āzme

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