Editing Sahrawis (section)

== Etymology ==<!--linked-->
The [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word ''{{Transliteration|ar|Ṣaḥrāwī}}'' ({{lang|ar|صحراوي}}) literally means "Inhabitant of the Desert". The word '''''Sahrawi''''' is derived from the Arabic word ''{{Transliteration|ar|Ṣaḥrā'}}'' ({{lang|ar|صحراء}}), meaning "desert". A man is called a '''Sahrawi''', and a woman is called a '''Sahrawiya'''. In other languages it is pronounced in similar or different ways:

* [[Berber language|Berber]]: ''Aseḥrawi'' {{lang|ber|ⴰⵙⴻⵃⵔⴰⵡⵉ}} or ''Aneẓrofan'' {{lang|ber|ⴰⵏⴻⵥⵔⵓⴼⴰⵏ}}
* [[English language|English]]: ''Sahrawi'' or ''Saharawi''
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Saharaui'' (''saharauita'', ''saharauiya'')
* [[French language|French]]: ''Sahraoui''
* [[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Saharaui'', ''Sahraui'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.europa.eu/code/it/it-5000500.htm#fn-eh1|title=Ufficio delle pubblicazioni — Manuale interistituzionale di convenzioni redazionali — Allegato A5 — Elenco degli Stati, dei territori e delle monete|work=europa.eu}}</ref> ''Sahrawi'' or ''Saharawi''
* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''Saarauís''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/saarau%C3%AD|title=Significado / definição de saarauí no Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa|first=Priberam Informática|last=S.A.|website=Priberam.pt|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/mundo/rajoy-viaja-para-rabat-para-manter-boas-relacoes-com-marrocos |title=Rajoy viaja para Rabat para manter boas relações com Marrocos &#124; VEJA.com |website=Veja.abril.com.br |date=2012-01-17 |access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,no-meio-do-caminho-havia-a-venezuela,1094739 |title=No meio do caminho havia a Venezuela – Internacional – Estadão |website=Internacional.estadao.com.br |access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kitplone.itamaraty.gov.br/temas/mecanismos-inter-regionais/uniao-africana|title=União Africana —|date=26 May 2015|access-date=2 April 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526051743/http://kitplone.itamaraty.gov.br/temas/mecanismos-inter-regionais/uniao-africana|archive-date=26 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://noticias.sapo.cv/inforpress/artigo/14889.html |title=Angola: Luanda reafirma apoio à causa do povo saarauí – Inforpress – Sapo Notícias |website=Noticias.sapo.cv |access-date=2017-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810131429/http://noticias.sapo.cv/inforpress/artigo/14889.html |archive-date=10 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[German language|German]]: Sahraui(s)