ערבית

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From עֲרָב (aráv, “Arabia”) +‎ ־ִית (-ít).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aʁaˈvit/

Proper noun

עֲרָבִית • (‘aravít) f

1. Arabic (a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa)

Further reading

• ערבית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

An adjectival form derived from עֶרֶב (érev, “evening”), first attested in Mishnaic Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aʁˈvit/

Noun

עַרְבִית • (‘arvít) f (no plural forms)

1. (Judaism) Maariv (a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or at night)

   Synonym: (chiefly Ashkenazic) מַעֲרִיב (ma'arív)

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