orientalist

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English - Turkish
oryantalist
English - English
a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient

Which is rendred somewhat more probable by that very learned Orientalist Dr. Pocok, who tells us the Arabick verb Hausch answering to the Hebrew חיש signifies three things, viz. to hast, to fear, to be ashamed.

{n} one skilled in the eastern languages
An Orientalist is someone from the West who studies the language, culture, history, or customs of countries in eastern Asia. someone who studies the languages and culture of oriental countries
{i} one who studies Asia or the Far East
a specialist in oriental subjects
An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental
One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc
as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists
orientalists
plural of orientalist
orientalist
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