Badawi __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text BADAWI بدوسA name given to the Bedouin Arabs, or the Arabs, or the desert. Bedouin is only a corruption of the plural of this word, which is derived from Badu-Badiyah "a desert." Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail