Arab

See also: arab, àrab, and arab.

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ârʹəb, āʹrăb, IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.əb/, /ˈeɪ.ɹæb/

• Audio (US)

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Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab, “Arabs”) or عَرَبِيّ‎ (ʿarabiyy, “Arab, Arabic”, adjective).

Adjective

Arab (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
   • 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.

Usage notes

The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.

Translations

of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations

• Arabic: عَرَبِيّ‎ (ar) (ʿarabiyy)
• Armenian: արաբական (hy) (arabakan)
• Bashkir: ғәрәп (ğäräp)
• Belarusian: ара́бскі (arábski)
• Bulgarian: ара́бски (bg) (arábski)
• Catalan: àrab (ca)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: араб (arab)

  Mandarin: 阿拉伯 (zh) (ālābó)

• Danish: arabisk (da), araber-
• Dutch: Arabisch (nl)
• Finnish: arabialainen (fi)
• French: arabe (fr)
• Georgian: არაბული (ka) (arabuli)
• German: arabisch (de), Araber-
• Greek: αραβικός (el) m (aravikós)
• Hebrew: עֲרָבִי‎ (he) m (araví), עֲרָבִית‎ (he) f (aravít)
• Hindi: अरबी (hi) (arabī)
• Hungarian: arab (hu)
• Indonesian: arabik, bahasa Arab (id)
• Italian: arabo (it)
• Japanese: アラブの (ja) (arabu no)
• Korean: 아랍의 (arabui)
• Latvian: arābu, arābisks
• Macedonian: а́рапски (árapski)

• Malay: Arab
• Maltese: Għarbi (mt) m
• Maori: Ārapi
• Marathi: अरबी (arabī)
• Neapolitan: arabbo
• Norwegian: arabisk (no)

  Bokmål: arabisk (no), araber-

  Nynorsk: arabisk, arabar-

• Old English: Arabisċ
• Persian: عرب‎ (fa) ('arab), تازی‎ (fa) (tâzi)
• Polish: arabski (pl) m
• Portuguese: árabe (pt)
• Romanian: arab (ro)
• Russian: ара́бский (ru) (arábskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Arabach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арапски m

  Roman: àrapskī (sh) m

• Slovene: arabski (sl) m
• Spanish: árabe (es)
• Swedish: arabisk (sv), arab-
• Turkish: Arap (tr)
• Ukrainian: ара́бський (uk) (arábsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Á rập
• Yiddish: אַראַביש‎ (yi) (arabish)

Noun

Arab (plural Arabs)

1. A Semitic person, whose forebears were from Arabia
2. An inhabitant of Arabia or the Arab world
3. A member of an Arabic-speaking community
4. A particular breed of horse.
5. (archaic) A street Arab.
   • Charles H. Spurgeon

     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.

Translations

Semitic person

• Albanian: arab (sq)
• Arabic: عَرَبِيّ‎ (ar) m (ʿarabiyy), عَرَبِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ʿarabiyya), عَرَب‎ (ar) (ʿarab) (collective)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܛܝܝܐ‎, ܥܪܒܝܐ‎, ܥܖܒܝܐ‎ (archaic)

• Armenian: արաբ (hy) (arab)
• Azerbaijani: ərəb
• Belarusian: ара́б m (aráb), ара́бка f (arábka)
• Bengali: আরব (arôb)
• Bulgarian: ара́бин m (arábin), ара́бка m (arábka)
• Burmese: အာရပ် (arap)
• Catalan: àrab (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Dungan: араб (arab), арабжын (arabƶьn)

  Mandarin: 阿拉伯人 (zh) (ālābórén)

• Czech: Arab (cs) m
• Danish: araber c
• Dutch: Arabier (nl) m
• Esperanto: arabo
• Estonian: araablane (et)
• Faroese: arábi m, f
• Finnish: arabi (fi), arabialainen (fi)
• French: Arabe (fr) m, f
• Georgian: არაბი (arabi)
• German: Araber (de) m, Araberin (de) f
• Greek: Άραβας (el) m (Áravas), Αράβισσα (el) f (Arávissa)

  Ancient Greek: Ἄραψ m (Áraps)

• Hausa: Balarabe m, Balarabiya f
• Hebrew: עֲרָבִי‎ (he) m (araví), עֲרָבִיָּה‎ f (araviyá)
• Hindi: अरब (hi) m (arab)
• Hungarian: arab (hu)
• Italian: arabo (it) m, araba (it) f
• Japanese: アラビア人 (arabiajin)
• Kazakh: араб (arab)
• Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) (ʾaarap)
• Korean: 아라비아인 (arabiain), 아라비아 사람 (arabia saram)
• Kyrgyz: араб (ky) (arab)
• Ladino: árabo m
• Lao: ອາຫລັບ (’ā lap)

• Latin: Arabes m. pl.
• Latvian: arābs m, arābiete f
• Lithuanian: arabas (lt) m, arabė (lt) f
• Macedonian: А́рап m (Árap), А́рапка f (Árapka)
• Malay: Arab
• Maltese: Għarbi (mt) m, Għarbija f, Għarbin pl
• Maori: Ārapi
• Marathi: अरब (arab)
• Mongolian: Араб хүн (Arab hün)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: araber (no) m, araberinne m, f, araberkvinne m, f

  Nynorsk: arabar m, arabarinne f, arabarkvinne f

• Old English: Arabisċ
• Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩧𐩨‎
• Pashto: عرب‎ (ps) m (aráb)
• Persian: عرب‎ (fa) (ʿarab)
• Polish: Arab (pl) m, Arabka (pl) f
• Portuguese: árabe (pt) m, f
• Romanian: arab (ro) m, arabă (ro) f
• Russian: ара́б (ru) m (aráb), ара́бка (ru) f (arábka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Arabach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Арапин m, Арапкиња f

  Roman: Àrapin (sh) m, Àrapkinja f

• Slovak: Arab (sk) m
• Slovene: arabec (sl) m
• Spanish: árabe (es) m, f
• Swahili: Mwarabu
• Swedish: arab (sv) c, arabiska (sv) c
• Tajik: араб (arab)
• Thai: อาหรับ (th) (aa-ràp), คนอาหรับ
• Turkish: Arap (tr)
• Turkmen: arap
• Ukrainian: ара́б m (aráb), ара́бка f (arábka)
• Urdu: عرب‎ m ('arab)
• Uzbek: arab (uz)
• Vietnamese: nước Á rập
• Yiddish: אַראַבער‎ m (araber)

horse

• Bulgarian: ара́бски кон m (arábski kon)
• Catalan: àrab (ca)
• Danish: araber c, araberhest c
• Finnish: arabianhevonen (fi), arabialainen (fi)
• French: arabe (fr)
• German: Araber (de) m
• Irish: capall Arabach m, Arabach m
• Italian: alfana f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: araber (no) m, araberhest m

  Nynorsk: arabar m, arabarhest m

• Polish: arab (pl) m
• Portuguese: árabe (pt) m
• Romanian: arab (ro) m, cal arab (ro) m
• Swedish: arab (sv) c, arabhäst c
• Turkish: Arap atı (tr), Arap (tr)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• arabesque
• Arabia

• Arabian
• Arabic

• Arabist

Anagrams

• Abar, Abra, Baar, abra, arba, bara

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Czech

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarap]

Noun

Arab m

1. Arab (person)

Synonyms

• arabáč

Related terms

→

• arabáč
• Arábie
• arabismus
• arabista
• arabistika
• arabizace
• arabizovat
• arabský
• arabština
• Saúdská Arábie

Further reading

• Arab in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Arab in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Malay

Alternative forms

• عرب‎

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arap/
• Rhymes: -arap, -rap, -ap

Adjective

Arab

1. Arab (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations)

Derived terms

• bahasa Arab
• kuda Arab
• negeri Arab
• orang Arab
• Tanah Arab

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rap/

• Audio

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Noun

Arab m pers

1. Arab (male person)

Declension

declension of Arab

	singular	plural
nominative	Arab	Arabowie
genitive	Araba	Arabów
dative	Arabowi	Arabom
accusative	Araba	Arabów
instrumental	Arabem	Arabami
locative	Arabie	Arabach
vocative	Arabie	Arabowie

Related terms

• Arabka f

Further reading

• Arab in Polish dictionaries at PWN