Arab
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ârʹəb, IPA(key): /ˈæɹ.əb/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Mary-marry-merry" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.əb/
- (dated) enPR: āʹrăb, IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɹæb/
Audio (US): (file)
Etymology
From Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy, “Arab, Arabic”, adjective).
Adjective
Arab (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
- 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.
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.
Translations
of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
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Noun
Arab (plural Arabs)
- A Semitic person, whose forebears were from Arabia
- An inhabitant of Arabia or the Arab world
- A member of an Arabic-speaking community
- A particular breed of horse.
- (archaic) A street Arab.
- (Can we date this quote by Charles H. Spurgeon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- 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.
- (Can we date this quote by Charles H. Spurgeon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Translations
Semitic person
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horse
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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Further reading
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Arab
- Arab (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations)
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
Arab m pers
- Arab (male person)
Declension
Declension of Arab
Related terms
- Arabka f
Further reading
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