Arab

See also: arab, àrab, and arab.

English

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or back-formation from Arabic.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æɹəb

Adjective

Arab (not comparable)

1. 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

of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations

• Albanian: arab (sq) m, arabe (sq) f
• Arabic: عَرَبِيّ (ar) (ʕarabiyy)
• Armenian: արաբական (hy) (arabakan)
• Aromanian: arabescu m, arabeascã f
• Azerbaijani: ərəb
• Bashkir: ғәрәп (ğərəp)
• Belarusian: ара́бскі (arábski)
• Bengali: আরবি (bn) (arobi)
• Bulgarian: ара́бски (arábski)
• Burmese: အာရပ် (arap)
• Catalan: àrab (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿拉伯 (aa³ laai¹ baak³)

  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)
• Gagauz: Arap
• 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 (kk) (arab)
• Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) (ʼaarap)
• Korean: 아랍의 (arab-ui)
• 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) (arabi), عرب (ps) m (arab), تازي (ps) m (tāzi) (derogatory)
• Persian: عَرَب (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

  Roman: àrapskī (sh)

• Slovak: arabský (sk)
• Slovene: arabski (sl)
• Spanish: árabe (es)
• Swedish: arabisk (sv), arab-
• Tagalog: Arabo (tl)
• Tajik: арабӣ (tg) (arabi), тозӣ (tozi) (derogatory)
• Tatar: гарәп (tt) (ğaräp)
• Thai: อาหรับ (th) (aa-ràp)
• Turkish: Arap (tr)
• Turkmen: arap
• Ukrainian: ара́бський (uk) (arábsʹkyj)
• Urdu: عَرَبی (ur) ('arabī)
• Uzbek: arab (uz)
• Vietnamese: Á rập
• Yiddish: אַראַביש (yi) (arabish)

Noun

Arab (plural Arabs)

1. A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula
2. An inhabitant of Arabia or the Arab world
3. A member of an Arabic-speaking community
4. 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, […]

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, woolly-head (offensive), sand nigger (highly offensive)

Translations

Semitic person

• Albanian: arab (sq), arabe (sq) f
• Arabic: عَرَبِيّ (ar) m (ʕarabiyy), عَرَبِيَّة (ar) f (ʕarabiyya), عَرَب (ar) (ʕarab) (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 (bn) (arob)
• Bulgarian: ара́бин m (arábin), ара́бка m (arábka)
• Burmese: အာရပ် (arap)
• Catalan: àrab (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿拉伯人 (aa³ laai¹ baak³ jan⁴)

  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, Arabka (cs) f
• 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
• Gagauz: arab, arap
• 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 (ha) 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 (アラビアじん, arabiajin)
• Kazakh: араб (kk) (arab)
• Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) (ʼaarap)
• Korean: 아랍인 (arabin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ereb (ku) m or f

• 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:

  Cyrillic: араб хүн (arab xün)

• 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 ('arab)
• Persian: عَرَب (fa) ('arab)
• 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, Arabka (sk) f
• Slovene: Arabec (sl) m, Arabka f
• Spanish: árabe (es) m or f
• Swahili: Mwarabu
• Swedish: arab (sv) c, arabiska (sv) c
• Tagalog: Arabo (tl)
• Tajik: араб (arab)
• Thai: อาหรับ (th) (aa-ràp), คนอาหรับ
• Turkish: Arap (tr)
• Turkmen: arap
• Ukrainian: ара́б (uk) m (aráb), ара́бка (uk) f (arábka)
• Urdu: عَرَب 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
• Marathi: अरबी m (arbī)
• 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

• 48 Arab
• arabesque
• Arab fever
• Arabia
• Arabian
• Arabic
• Arabist
• Arabize
• non-Arab
• street Arab

 

Anagrams

• Raab, ABAR, Abra, abar, abra, Abar, arba, bara, Baar, raab

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Arab m anim (female equivalent Arabka)

1. Arab (person)

   Synonym: arabáč

Declension

Declension of Arab (hard masculine animate)

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

 

Further reading

• “Arab”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Arab”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Arab”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarap̚/
• 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.

Malay

Alternative forms

• عرب

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

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

 

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Arab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rap/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arap
• Syllabification: A‧rab
• Homophone: arab

Noun

Arab m pers (female equivalent Arabka)

1. Arab

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

noun

• arabeska

 

Further reading

• Arab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Arab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from English Arab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarab/

Noun

Arab m (plural Arabs or Arabiaid, feminine Arabes)

1. Arab

   Synonym: Arabiad

Related terms

• Arabia (“Arabia”)
• Arabaidd (“Arab, Arabian”, adjective)
• Arabeg (“Arabic language”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Arab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies