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Adjectives and nouns relating to countries.
[Semitic and Indo-Iranian adjectival endings.]
The countries are in the Near or Middle East or South Asia, and the forms can either be adjectives relating to the country, or nouns for a native or national of the country: Azeri, Azerbaijani, Bangladeshi, Bengali, Hindi, Israeli, Kuwaiti, Nepali, Pakistani.
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