Arab

EnglishEdit

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Arab

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

Arab (not comparable)

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 notesEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations

Albanian: arab (sq) m, arabe (sq) f
Arabic: عَرَبِيّ‎ (ar) (ʿarabiyy)
Armenian: արաբական (hy) (arabakan)
Aromanian: arabescu m, arabeascã f
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
Malayalam: അറബി (ml) (aṟabi)
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)

NounEdit

Arab (plural Arabs)

A Semitic person, whose forebears were from Arabia
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.

SynonymsEdit

(person): Ayrab, woolly-head (offensive), sand nigger (highly offensive)

TranslationsEdit

Semitic person

Albanian: arab (sq), arabe (sq) f
Arabic: عَرَبِيّ‎ (ar) m (ʿarabiyy), عَرَبِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ʿarabiyya), عَرَب‎ (ar) (ʿarab) (collective)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܛܝܝܐ‎, ܥܪܒܝܐ‎, ܥܖܒܝܐ‎ (archaic)
Armenian: արաբ (hy) (arab)
Aromanian: arab m, arabã f
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
Malayalam: അറബി (ml) (aṟabi)
Maltese: Għarbi (mt) m, Għarbija f, Għarbin pl
Manx: Arabagh m
Maori: Ārapi
Marathi: अरब (arab)
Mongolian: араб хүн (arab hün)
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), คน อาหรับ
Turkish: Arap (tr)
Turkmen: arap
Ukrainian: ара́б m (aráb), ара́бка f (arábka)
Urdu: عرب‎ m ('arab)
Uyghur: ئەرەب‎ (ereb)
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 termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

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

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈarap]
Hyphenation: Arab

NounEdit

Arab m anim (feminine Arabka)

Arab (person)
Synonym: arabáč

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

Arab

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

NounEdit

Arab

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

Proper nounEdit

Arab

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

MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

عرب‎

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic عَرَب‎ (ʿarab).

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

Arab

Arab (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations)

Derived termsEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈa.rap/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -arap
Syllabification: A‧rab

NounEdit

Arab m pers (feminine Arabka)

Arab

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

noun

arabeska

Arab

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CzechEdit

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Further readingEdit

IndonesianEdit

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PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

NounEdit

Proper nounEdit

MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

Derived termsEdit

PolishEdit

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NounEdit

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Further readingEdit