アラブ

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Japanese

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab); see English Arab.

First cited in Japanese to a dictionary of loanwords from 1914.

Pronunciation

Noun

アラブ (Arabu

  1. an Arab person
  2. Arab countries
  3. an Arabian horse, Arabian horses
    Synonyms: アラビア馬 (Arabia uma, literally Arabian horse), アラブ種 (Arabu-shu, literally Arab type)

References

  1. ^ アラブ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN