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arab àrab arab.
Translingual
Etymology
mul en:Arabic,fr:arabe.
Symbol
Arabic script Arabic
English
Etymology
en ar ع ر ب
en ar عَرَب Arabs or en Arabic 1.
Pronunciation
ârʹəb
en /ˈæɹəb/ RP,AU
en /ˈaɹəb/ SSB,Northern England
en US
en /ˈæɹəb/ nMmmm
en /ˈɛɹəb/ Mmmm
en En-us-Arab.ogg US,Mmmm
en /ˈaɾəb/ Scotland,Wales
en /ˈɛɹəb/ NZ
dated or offensive āʹrăb, en /ˈeɪɹæb/
en æɹəb 2
Adjective
-
Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
en Arabic nonstandard
en 2013-06-07 w:Gary Younge 188 26 18 w:The Guardian Weekly http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/hypocrisy-lies-at-heart-bradley-manning-trial Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220826121442/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/hypocrisy-lies-at-heart-bradley-manning-trial
Translations
of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
Albanian: sq arab m, sq arabe f
Amharic: am ዐረብኛ
Arabic: ar عَرَبِيّ
Armenian: hy արաբական
Aromanian: rup arabescu m, rup arabeascã f
Azerbaijani: az ərəb
Bashkir: ba ғәрәп
Belarusian: be ара́бскі
Bengali: bn আরবি
Bulgarian: bg ара́бски
Burmese: my အာရပ်
Catalan: ca àrab
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 阿拉伯
Dungan: dng араб
Mandarin: cmn 阿拉伯
Coptic: cop ⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲥ
Czech: cs arabský
Danish: da arabisk, da araber-
Dutch: nl Arabisch
Esperanto: eo araba
Estonian: et araabia
Finnish: fi arabialainen
French: fr arabe
Gagauz: gag Arap
Georgian: ka არაბული
German: de arabisch, de Araber-
Greek: el αραβικός m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀραβικός
Hebrew: he עֲרָבִי m araví, he עֲרָבִית f aravít
Hindi: hi अरबी, hi अरब m
Hungarian: hu arab
Indonesian: id arabik, id bahasa Arab
Irish: ga Arabach
Italian: it arabo
Japanese: ja アラブ アラブの arabu no
Kazakh: kk араб
Khmer: km អារ៉ាប់
Korean: ko 아랍 아랍-의
Kyrgyz: ky араб
Lao: lo ອາຣັບ, lo ອາຫຼັບ
Latvian: lv arābu, lv arābisks
Lithuanian: lt rabų Respublikaa arabų, lt arabiškas
Macedonian: mk а́рапски
Malay: ms Arab
Malayalam: ml അറബി
Maltese: mt Għarbi m
Manx: gv Arabagh
Māori: mi Ārapi
Marathi: mr अरबी
Neapolitan: nap arabbo
Norwegian: no arabisk
Bokmål: nb arabisk, nb araber-
Nynorsk: nn arabisk, nn arabar-
Occitan: oc arabi, oc arab
Old English: ang Arabisċ
Pashto: ps عربي arabi, ps عرب m arab, ps تازي m tāzi derogatory
Persian: fa عَرَب 'arab, fa تازی tâzi derogatory
Polish: pl arabski
Portuguese: pt árabe
Romanian: ro arab
Russian: ru ара́бский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Arabach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh а̀рапскӣ
Latin: sh àrapskī
Slovak: sk arabský
Slovene: sl arabski
Spanish: es árabe
Swedish: sv arabisk, sv arab-
Tagalog: tl Arabo
Tajik: tg арабӣ, tg тозӣ derogatory
Tatar: tt гарәп
Thai: th อาหรับ
Turkish: tr Arap
Turkmen: tk arap
Ukrainian: uk ара́бський
Urdu: ur عَرَبی
Uzbek: uz arab
Vietnamese: vi Á rập
Yiddish: yi אַראַביש
Noun
A member of the Semitic ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula.
An Arabic-speaking person from anywhere in the Middle East and North Africa.
en-US w:Thomas L. Friedman Please, Israel, Don’t Get Lost in Hamas’s Tunnels w:The New York Times 2023-10-29 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/israel-hamas-ceasefire.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20231111171041/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/israel-hamas-ceasefire.html
en uncommon An Arabian horse.
en 1887 Edward B. Baker Sport in Bengal: and How, When, and where to Seek it 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,
en 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.
en 1866 Punch 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 en Ayrab, en woolly-head offensive, en sand nigger highly offensive
Translations
person from Arabia
Albanian: sq arab, sq arabe f
Amharic: am ዐረብ
Arabic: ar عَرَبِيّ m, ar عَرَبِيَّة f, ar عَرَب collective
Aramaic:
Syriac: syc ܛܝܝܐ, syc ܥܪܒܝܐ, syc ܥܖܒܝܐ archaic
Armenian: hy արաբ
Aromanian: rup arab m, rup arabã f
Azerbaijani: az ərəb
Belarusian: be ара́б m, be ара́бка f
Bengali: bn আরব
Bulgarian: bg ара́бин m, bg ара́бка m
Burmese: my အာရပ်
Catalan: ca àrab m f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 阿拉伯人
Dungan: dng араб, dng арабжын
Mandarin: cmn 阿拉伯人
Corsican: co àrabu m, co àraba f, co arabu m, co araba f
Czech: cs Arab m, cs Arabka f
Danish: da araber c
Dutch: nl Arabier m
Esperanto: eo arabo
Estonian: et araablane
Faroese: fo arábi m f
Finnish: fi arabi, fi arabialainen
French: fr Arabe m f
Gagauz: gag arab, gag arap
Georgian: ka არაბი
German: de Araber m, de Araberin f
Greek: el Άραβας m, el Αράβισσα f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἄραψ m
Hausa: ha Balarabe m, ha Balarabiya f
Hebrew: he עֲרָבִי m araví, he עֲרָבִיָּה f araviyá
Hindi: hi अरब m, hi अरबी m
Hungarian: hu arab
Irish: ga Arabach m
Italian: it arabo m, it araba f
Japanese: ja アラビア人 アラビアじん, arabiajin
Kazakh: kk араб
Khmer: km អារ៉ាប់
Korean: ko 아랍인
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr ereb m f
Kyrgyz: ky араб
Ladino: lad árabo m
Lao: lo ອາຣັບ, lo ອາຫຼັບ
Latin: la Arabes m-p
Latvian: lv arābs m, lv arābiete f
Lithuanian: lt arabas m, lt arabė f
Macedonian: mk А́рап m, mk А́рапка f
Malay: ms Arab
Malayalam: ml അറബി
Maltese: mt Għarbi m, mt Għarbija f, mt Għarbin p
Manx: gv Arabagh m
Māori: mi Ārapi
Marathi: mr अरब
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn араб хүн
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb araber m, nb araberinne m f, nb araberkvinne m f
Nynorsk: nn arabar m, nn arabarinne f, nn arabarkvinne f
Old English: ang Arabisċ
Old South Arabian: sem-srb 𐩲𐩧𐩨
Pashto: ps عرب m 'arab
Persian: fa عَرَب 'arab
Polish: pl Arab m, pl Arabka f, pl Arabus m
Portuguese: pt árabe m f
Romanian: ro arab m, ro arabă f
Russian: ru ара́б m, ru ара́бка f
Sardinian: sc arabu m, sc araba f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Arabach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̀рапин m, sh А̀рапкиња f
Latin: sh Àrapin m, sh Àrapkinja f
Slovak: sk Arab m, sk Arabka f
Slovene: sl Arabec m, sl Arabka f
Spanish: es árabe m f
Swahili: sw Mwarabu 1
Swedish: sv arab c, sv arabiska c
Tagalog: tl Arabo
Tajik: tg араб
Thai: th อาหรับ, th คนอาหรับ
Tumbuka: tum Mrungwana 1, tum muArabu 1
Turkish: tr Arap
Turkmen: tk arap
Ukrainian: uk ара́б m, uk ара́бка f
Urdu: ur عَرَب m
Uyghur: ug ئەرەب
Uzbek: uz arab
Vietnamese: vi Á rập người Á rập
Yiddish: yi אַראַבער m
horse Arabian horse
Proper noun
en city co/Marshall County s/Alabama c/United States.
en rare dated The Arabic language.
Burt 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.
Derived terms
en Arabize arabesque Arabia Arabian Arabic Arabist Arab fever non-Arab 48 Arab street Arab Afro-Arab Arabdom Arabid Arabise Arabish Arabism Arabization Arabness Araboid Arabology Arabophobia Arabtino
Anagrams
en aabr Raab ABAR Abra abar abra Abar arba bara Baar raab
en Arabic Demonyms Ethnonyms Horse breeds
Czech
Etymology
cs :bor ar:عَرَب + 1
Pronunciation
cs Arab
Noun
m-an Arabka
en Arab person
cs arabáč
Declension
m.an
Related terms
cs arabáč Arábie arabismus arabista arabistika arabizace arabizovat arabský arabština Saúdská Arábie
Further reading
cs Nationalities
Indonesian
Etymology
From id ms Arab, from id ms-cla عرب Arab, from id ar عَرَب.
Pronunciation
Adjective
id adjective
Arabic
Noun
id noun
Arabian, en Arab
Proper noun
Arabic, a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula
Arabia
id colloquial id Arab Saudi
Malay
Alternative forms
ms عرب
Etymology
From ms ar عَرَب.
Pronunciation
ms arap rap ap
Adjective
ms adjective
en Arab of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
Derived terms
ms bahasa Arab kuda Arab negeri Arab orang Arab Tanah Arab
Polish
Etymology
pl; compare en Arab.
Pronunciation
Pl-Arab.ogg arab
Noun
m-pr Arabka
en Arab
Declension
Arabowie
Related terms
pl noun arabeska
Further reading
pl Male people
Welsh
Etymology
cy. cy en Arab, from cy ar عَرَب.
Pronunciation
cy /ˈarab/
Noun
m ~s,~iaid ~es
en Arab
cy Arabiad
Related terms
cy Arabia Arabia
cy Arabaidd Arab, Arabian a
cy Arabeg Arabic language
Further reading
cy Demonyms Ethnonyms