Badawy
Badawy is a surname of Arabic origin and, in some contexts, a placename in parts of the Arab world. It is commonly transliterated as Badawy, Badawi, or other variants, reflecting different approaches to rendering Arabic letters into the Latin alphabet. The root بدوي (Badawi) means Bedouin or nomadic desert dweller, and the adjective Badawi denotes belonging to Bedouin communities.
As a surname, Badawy may indicate ancestral ties to Bedouin groups or have been adopted to reflect
Variants include Badawi, Badawy, Bedawi, and other transliterations, with regional spellings and feminine forms appearing in
In encyclopedic use, Badawy is treated as a patronymic surname and, less commonly, as a toponym in