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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.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
アラブ • (Arabu)
- an Arab person
- Arab countries
- 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
- ^ “アラブ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN