Arab

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Wikipedia

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

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Abar, Abra, Baar, Raab, abra, arba, bara

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Arab

Noun

Arab m anim (feminine Arabka)

1. Arab (person)

   Synonym: arabáč

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• Arab in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Arab in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Arab in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Arab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rap/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Noun

Arab m pers (female equivalent Arabka)

1. Arab

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

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