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Punjabi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Back-formation from ਅਰਬੀ (arabī).
Proper noun
ਅਰਬ • (arab) m (Shahmukhi spelling عرب)
- Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
- (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَرَب (arab), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).
Noun
ਅਰਬ • (arab) m (Shahmukhi spelling عرب)
- (collective) Arabs
- (rare) Arab
- Synonym: ਅਰਬੀ (arabī)
Further reading
- “ਅਰਬ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025