Arab

See also: arab, àrab, and arab.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ârʹəb, IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.əb/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.əb/
• (dated) enPR: āʹrăb, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ɹæb/

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Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab, “Arabs”) or عَرَبِيّ‎ (ʿarabiyy, “Arab, Arabic”, adjective). According to folk etymology, the word Arab comes from Ya'rub ibn Qahtan, the first person who spoke Arabic, and the ancestor of all Arabs.

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

• Albanian: arab (sq)
• Arabic: عَرَبِيّ‎ (ar) (ʿarabiyy)
• Armenian: արաբական (hy) (arabakan)
• Azerbaijani: ərəb
• Bashkir: ғәрәп (ğäräp)
• Belarusian: ара́бскі (arábski)
• Bengali: আরবি (bn) (arôbi)
• Bulgarian: ара́бски (bg) (arábski)
• Burmese: အာရပ် (arap)
• Catalan: àrab (ca)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: араб (arab)

  Mandarin: 阿拉伯 (zh) (ālābó)

• Coptic: ⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ (arabos)
• Czech: arabský (cs)
• Danish: arabisk (da), araber-
• Dutch: Arabisch (nl)
• Estonian: araabia (et)
• Finnish: arabialainen (fi)
• French: arabe (fr)
• Georgian: არაბული (ka) (arabuli)
• German: arabisch (de), Araber-
• Greek: αραβικός (el) m (aravikós)

  Ancient: Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)

• Hebrew: עֲרָבִי‎ (he) m (araví), עֲרָבִית‎ (he) f (aravít)
• Hindi: अरबी (hi) (arbī), अरब (hi) m (arab)
• Hungarian: arab (hu)
• Indonesian: arabik, bahasa Arab (id)
• Irish: Arabach
• Italian: arabo (it)
• Japanese: アラブの (ja) (arabu no)
• Kazakh: араб (arab)
• Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) (ʼaarap)
• Korean: 아랍의 (arabui)
• Kyrgyz: араб (ky) (arab)
• Lao: ອາຣັບ (ʼā rap), ອາຫຼັບ (ʼā lap)
• Latvian: arābu, arābisks

• Lithuanian: arabų, arabiškas (lt)
• Macedonian: а́рапски (árapski)
• Malay: Arab
• Maltese: Għarbi (mt) m
• Manx: Arabagh
• Maori: Ārapi
• Marathi: अरबी (arbī)
• Neapolitan: arabbo
• Norwegian: arabisk (no)

  Bokmål: arabisk (no), araber-

  Nynorsk: arabisk, arabar-

• Occitan: arabi (oc), arab (oc)
• Old English: Arabisċ
• Pashto: عربي‎ (ps) (arabí), عرب‎ (ps) m (aráb), تازي‎ (ps) m (tāzí) (derogatory)
• Persian: عرب‎ (fa) ('arab), تازی‎ (fa) (tâzi) (derogatory)
• Polish: arabski (pl)
• Portuguese: árabe (pt)
• Romanian: arab (ro)
• Russian: ара́бский (ru) (arábskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Arabach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀рапскӣ m

  Roman: àrapskī (sh) m

• Slovak: arabský (sk)
• Slovene: arabski (sl) m
• Spanish: árabe (es)
• Swedish: arabisk (sv), arab-
• Tajik: арабӣ (tg) (arabī), тозӣ (tozī) (derogatory)
• Tatar: гарәп (tt) (ğaräp)
• Thai: อาหรับ (th) (aa-ràp)
• Turkish: Arap (tr)
• Turkmen: arap
• Ukrainian: ара́бський (uk) (arábsʹkyj)
• Urdu: عربی‎ (ur) ('arabī)
• Uzbek: arab (uz)
• 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.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (person): Ayrab

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 or f
• Chinese:

  Dungan: араб (arab), арабжын (arabřɨn)

  Mandarin: 阿拉伯人 (zh) (ālābórén)

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

  Ancient: Ἄραψ m (Áraps)

• Hausa: Balarabe m, Balarabiya f
• Hebrew: עֲרָבִי‎ (he) m (araví), עֲרָבִיָּה‎ f (araviyá)
• Hindi: अरब (hi) m (arab), अरबी (hi) m (arbī)
• Hungarian: arab (hu)
• Irish: Arabach m
• Italian: arabo (it) m, araba (it) f
• Japanese: アラビア人 (Arabia-jin)
• Kazakh: араб (arab)
• Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) (ʼaarap)
• Korean: 아라비아인 (Arabiain), 아라비아 사람 (Arabia saram)
• Kyrgyz: араб (ky) (arab)
• Ladino: árabo m
• Lao: ອາຣັບ (ʼā rap), ອາຫຼັບ (ʼā 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
• Manx: Arabagh m
• Maori: Ārapi
• Marathi: अरब (arab)
• Mongolian: араб хүн (arab khün)
• Norwegian:

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

  Nynorsk: arabar m, arabarinne f, arabarkvinne f

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

  Cyrillic: А̀рапин m, А̀рапкиња f

  Roman: Àrapin (sh) m, Àrapkinja f

• Slovak: Arab (sk) m
• Slovene: arabec (sl) m
• Spanish: árabe (es) m or 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: người Á rập
• Yiddish: אַראַבער‎ m (araber)

horse

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

• Manx: Arabagh m
• 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

• arabesque
• Arabia
• Arabian
• Arabic
• Arabist

 

Anagrams

• Abar, Abra, Baar, Raab, abra, arba, bara

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Czech

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarap]
• Hyphenation: Arab

Noun

Arab m anim (feminine Arabka)

1. Arab (person)

   Synonym: arabáč

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Arab	Arabové
genitive	Araba	Arabů
dative	Arabovi, Arabu	Arabům
accusative	Araba	Araby
vocative	Arabe	Arabové
locative	Arabovi, Arabu	Arabech
instrumental	Arabem	Araby

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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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Arab, from Classical Malay Arab, from Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Arab

1. Arabic
   1. Related to the Arabic language.
   2. Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour; Arab.

Noun

Arab

1. Arabian, a native of Arabia
2. Arab
   1. A Semitic person, whose forebears were from Arabia
   2. An inhabitant of Arabia or the Arab world

Proper noun

Arab

1. Arabic, a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula
2. Arabia
3. (colloquial) Short for Arab Saudi.

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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/

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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