Arab
English edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or back-formation from Arabic.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: ârʹəb, IPA(key): /ˈæɹ.əb/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.əb/
- (dated) enPR: āʹrăb, IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɹæb/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æɹəb
Adjective edit
Arab (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
- Synonym: (nonstandard) Arabic
- 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
- The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
Translations edit
of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
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Noun edit
Arab (plural Arabs)
- A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula
- An inhabitant of Arabia or the Arab world
- A member of an Arabic-speaking community
- An Arabian horse.
- 1887, Edward B. Baker, Sport in Bengal: and How, When, and where to Seek it, page 61:
- Having taken a very early breakfast, I mounted about eight o'clock my grey Arab, and without anything occurring worthy of note, killed the first three boars in the space of an hour, […]
- (archaic) A street Arab.
- a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon
- You Christian people often see the little gutter children — the poor little arabs in the street — and you feel much pity for them, as well you may.
- 1866, Punch, page 225:
- The other day I heard you complaining of the nuisance that small ragged street-boys are to you whenever you go out. […] You wished that some one would do something to clear away these little Arabs, as you are pleased to call them, so that a fine old English gentleman—as you are pleased to think yourself—might take his exercise in peace.
- a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon
Synonyms edit
- (person): Ayrab, woolly-head (offensive), sand nigger (highly offensive)
Translations edit
Semitic person
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horse
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Arab m anim (feminine Arabka)
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay Arab, from Classical Malay عرب (Arab), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).
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Adjective edit
Arab
- Arabic
- Related to the Arabic language.
- Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour; Arab.
Noun edit
Arab
Proper noun edit
Arab
- Arabic, a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula
- Arabia
- (colloquial) Short for Arab Saudi.
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Arab
- Arab (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations)
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; compare English Arab.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Arab m pers (female equivalent Arabka)
Declension edit
Declension of Arab
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