arap
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عرب (arab, arap), whence Turkish Arap.
Noun edit
arap m (plural arapë, definite arapi)
- (colloquial) black man, negro
- Synonym: zezak
- tadpole (young toad)
- Synonym: fulterëz
- a figure of Albanian and Balkanic fables imagined as a big black man, strong and scary
- name for a pet with black fur or hair
- name for a small and black variety of fig
- (adverb) used for the darkest colour on the spectrum
Adjective edit
arap (feminine arape)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “arap”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- “arap”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
Further reading edit
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 2: “Aethiopes — Harapete”
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
arap first-singular present indicative
- Alternative form of arachiu
Etymology 2 edit
From Ottoman Turkish عرب (Arap), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).
Noun edit
arap m (feminine equivalent arapsã)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Possibly ultimately linked to Latin rēpō (“creep, crawl”), but this is uncertain.
Noun edit
arap n (plural arapuri)
Chuukese edit
Adjective edit
arap
Verb edit
arap
- to move close to
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *harəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀəp.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
arap
Derived terms edit
Kapampangan edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp. compare Tagalog harap, Yakan harap, Malay hadap.
Noun edit
arap
Derived terms edit
Maranao edit
Verb edit
arap
Derived terms edit
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عرب (Arap), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).
Noun edit
arap m (plural arapi, feminine equivalent arăpoaică)
- (dated, popular) black person; a person of Sub-Saharan African descent
- (obsolete) Arab
- Synonym: arab
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (black person): negru (slang), african, persoană de culoare
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Compare Javanese ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (arep), Malay harap, and Iban arap.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔaɾap/ [ˈʔa.ɾɐp]
- Rhymes: -aɾap
- Syllabification: a‧rap
Noun edit
arap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜉ᜔) (obsolete)
- dreaming (no longer used on its own except in derived terms)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “arap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 49.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier