Arab
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#ARAB Arabic or FrenchCategory:Translingual terms derived from French#ARAB arabeCategory:Translingual clippings#ARAB.
Symbol
ArabCategory:Translingual lemmas#ARABCategory:Translingual symbols#ARABCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#ARABCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
- (international standards) ISO 15924Category:ISO 15924 script code for Arabic.
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Arabic#ARABCategory:English terms derived from the Arabic root ع ر ب#ARABBorrowed from ArabicCategory:English terms borrowed from Arabic#ARABCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#ARAB عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or back-formation from ArabicCategory:English back-formations#ARAB.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ârʹəb, IPA(key): /ˈæɹ.əb/Category:English 2-syllable words#ARABCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAB
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.əb/Category:English 2-syllable words#ARABCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAB
- (dated) enPR: āʹrăb, IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɹæb/Category:English 2-syllable words#ARABCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAB
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ARABAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æɹəbCategory:Rhymes:English/æɹəb#ARABCategory:Rhymes:English/æɹəb/2 syllables#ARAB
Adjective
Arab (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#ARABCategory:English adjectives#ARABCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#ARABCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
- 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, archived from the original on 26 August 2022, 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ARAB
Translations
Noun
Arab (plural Arabs)Category:English lemmas#ARABCategory:English nouns#ARABCategory:English countable nouns#ARABCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
- (strictly) A person of a Semitic ethnic group indigenous to the Arabian Peninsula.
- (loosely) A person belonging to the ethnolinguistic group united by the Arabic language and cultural heritage, historically spread from Arabia to the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Maghreb, and Egypt.
- 2023 October 29, Thomas L. Friedman, “Please, Israel, Don’t Get Lost in Hamas’s Tunnels”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 November 2023:
- This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.Category:English terms with quotations#ARAB
- (uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#ARAB) 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, […]Category:English terms with quotations#ARAB
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#ARAB) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ARAB
- a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon
Synonyms
- (person): Ayrab, woolly-head (offensive), sand nigger (highly offensive)
Translations
Proper noun
ArabCategory:English lemmas#ARABCategory:English proper nouns#ARABCategory:English uncountable nouns#ARABCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
- A city in Marshall County, Alabama, United StatesCategory:en:Cities in Alabama, USA#ARABCategory:en:Cities in the United States#ARABCategory:en:Places in Alabama, USA#ARABCategory:en:Places in the United States#ARAB.
- (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#ARAB, datedCategory:English dated terms#ARAB) The Arabic language.
- 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Numa ‘El Adrea’”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 120:
- Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to Captain Gerard.Category:English terms with quotations#ARAB
Derived terms
Anagrams
Category:en:Arabic#ARABCategory:en:Demonyms#ARABCategory:en:Ethnonyms#ARABCategory:en:Horse breeds#ARABCzech
Etymology
Borrowed from ArabicCategory:Czech terms borrowed from Arabic#ARABCategory:Czech terms derived from Arabic#ARAB عَرَب (ʕarab).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈarap]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAB
- Hyphenation: Arab
Noun
Arab m anim (female equivalent Arabka)Category:Czech lemmas#ARABCategory:Czech nouns#ARABCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Czech masculine nouns#ARABCategory:Czech animate nouns#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
Declension
Related terms
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), 2008–2026
Indonesian
Etymology
From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#ARABCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#ARAB Arab, from Classical MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay#ARABCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay#ARAB عرب (Arab), from ArabicCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Arabic#ARAB عَرَب (ʕarab).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈarab/ [ˈa.rap̚]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#ARABCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAB
- Rhymes: -arabCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/arab#ARABCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/arab/2 syllables#ARAB
- Syllabification: A‧rab
Adjective
ArabCategory:Indonesian lemmas#ARABCategory:Indonesian adjectives#ARABCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
Noun
ArabCategory:Indonesian lemmas#ARABCategory:Indonesian nouns#ARABCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
Proper noun
ArabCategory:Indonesian lemmas#ARABCategory:Indonesian proper nouns#ARABCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
- Arabic, a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula
- Arabia
- (colloquialCategory:Indonesian colloquialisms#ARAB) ellipsis of Arab SaudiCategory:Indonesian ellipses#ARAB
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ArabicCategory:Malay terms derived from Arabic#ARAB عَرَب (ʕarab)Category:Malay undefined derivations#ARAB.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ArabCategory:Malay lemmas#ARABCategory:Malay adjectives#ARABCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
- Arab (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations)
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
InternationalismCategory:Polish internationalisms#ARAB; compare English Arab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.rap/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#ARABCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#ARAB
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#ARABAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -arapCategory:Rhymes:Polish/arap#ARABCategory:Rhymes:Polish/arap/2 syllables#ARAB
- Syllabification: A‧rab
- Homophone: arabCategory:Polish terms with homophones#ARAB
Noun
Arab m pers (female equivalent Arabka)Category:Polish lemmas#ARABCategory:Polish nouns#ARABCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Polish masculine nouns#ARABCategory:Polish personal nouns#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- Arab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Arab in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
Etymology
InternationalismCategory:Welsh internationalisms#ARAB. Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Welsh terms borrowed from English#ARABCategory:Welsh terms derived from English#ARAB Arab, from ArabicCategory:Welsh terms derived from Arabic#ARAB عَرَب (ʕarab).
Pronunciation
Noun
Arab m (plural Arabs or Arabiaid, feminine Arabes)Category:Welsh lemmas#ARABCategory:Welsh nouns#ARABCategory:Welsh countable nouns#ARABCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#ARABCategory:Welsh masculine nouns#ARABCategory:Pages with entries#ARABCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ARAB
Related terms
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