orientalista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈorɪjɛntalɪsta]

Noun

orientalista m anim

1. orientalist

Declension

Declension of orientalista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	orientalista	orientalisté, orientalisti
genitive	orientalisty	orientalistů
dative	orientalistovi	orientalistům
accusative	orientalistu	orientalisty
vocative	orientalisto	orientalisté, orientalisti
locative	orientalistovi	orientalistech
instrumental	orientalistou	orientalisty

Related terms

• orientalistika

Further reading

• “orientalista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “orientalista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Orientalist (“orientalist”). With the suffix -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈorijɛntɒliʃtɒ]
• Rhymes: -tɒ
• Hyphenation: ori‧en‧ta‧lis‧ta
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧en‧ta‧lis‧ta

Noun

orientalista (plural orientalisták)

1. orientalist (a scholar interested in the Orient)

   Synonym: keletkutató

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	orientalista	orientalisták
accusative	orientalistát	orientalistákat
dative	orientalistának	orientalistáknak
instrumental	orientalistával	orientalistákkal
causal-final	orientalistáért	orientalistákért
translative	orientalistává	orientalistákká
terminative	orientalistáig	orientalistákig
essive-formal	orientalistaként	orientalistákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	orientalistában	orientalistákban
superessive	orientalistán	orientalistákon
adessive	orientalistánál	orientalistáknál
illative	orientalistába	orientalistákba
sublative	orientalistára	orientalistákra
allative	orientalistához	orientalistákhoz
elative	orientalistából	orientalistákból
delative	orientalistáról	orientalistákról
ablative	orientalistától	orientalistáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	orientalistáé	orientalistáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	orientalistáéi	orientalistákéi

Possessive forms of orientalista

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	orientalistám	orientalistáim
2nd person sing.	orientalistád	orientalistáid
3rd person sing.	orientalistája	orientalistái
1st person plural	orientalistánk	orientalistáink
2nd person plural	orientalistátok	orientalistáitok
3rd person plural	orientalistájuk	orientalistáik

Related terms

• orientalisztika

Further reading

• orientalista in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orientaliste; by surface analysis, orientale +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.rjen.taˈlis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: o‧rien‧ta‧lì‧sta

Noun

orientalista m or f (masculine plural orientalisti, feminine plural orientaliste)

1. orientalist

Related terms

• orientalismo
• orientalistica
• orientalistico

Further reading

• orientalista in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• orientalista in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• orientalista in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• orientalìsta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• orientalista in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.rjɛn.taˈlis.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: o‧rien‧ta‧lis‧ta

Noun

orientalista m pers (female equivalent orientalistka)

1. (humanities) orientalist

Declension

Declension of orientalista

	singular	plural
nominative	orientalista	orientaliści/orientalisty (deprecative)
genitive	orientalisty	orientalistów
dative	orientaliście	orientalistom
accusative	orientalistę	orientalistów
instrumental	orientalistą	orientalistami
locative	orientaliście	orientalistach
vocative	orientalisto	orientaliści

Related terms

adjectives

• orientalistyczny
• orientalny

adverb

• orientalnie

nouns

• Orient
• orientalistyka

Further reading

• “orientalista”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “orientalista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin oriēns

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orientālislbor.

Portuguese oriental

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istabor.

Portuguese -ista

Portuguese orientalista

From oriental + -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ẽ.taˈlis.tɐ/ [o.ɾɪ.ẽ.taˈlis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾjẽ.taˈlis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ẽ.taˈlis.tɐ/ [o.ɾɪ.ẽ.taˈlis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾjẽ.taˈlis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ẽ.taˈliʃ.tɐ/ [o.ɾɪ.ẽ.taˈliʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾjẽ.taˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ɾi.ẽ.taˈlis.ta/ [o.ɾɪ.ẽ.taˈlis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /o.ɾjẽ.taˈlis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɾjẽ.tɐˈliʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -istɐ, -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧ta‧lis‧ta

Adjective

orientalista m or f (plural orientalistas)

1. orientalist

   Antonym: occidentalista

Noun

orientalista m or f by sense (plural orientalistas)

1. orientalist

Further reading

• “orientalista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “orientalista”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “orientalista” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “orientalista”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “orientalista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “orientalista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin oriēns

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin orientālisbor.

Spanish oriental

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish orientalista

From oriental + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾjentaˈlista/ [o.ɾjẽn̪.t̪aˈlis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: o‧rien‧ta‧lis‧ta

Adjective

orientalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural orientalistas)

1. orientalist

   Antonym: occidentalista

Noun

orientalista m or f by sense (plural orientalistas)

1. orientalist

Related terms

• orientalismo

Further reading

• “orientalista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025