Arab

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.

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.

Proper noun

Arab

1. A city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Raab, ABAR, Abra, abar, abra, Abar, arba, bara, Baar, raab

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarap]
• Hyphenation: Arab

Noun

Arab m anim (female equivalent Arabka)

1. Arab (person)

   Synonym: arabáč

Further reading

• “Arab”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Arab”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Arab”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Etymology

From Malay Arab, from Classical Malay عرب (Arab), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈarab/ [ˈa.rap̚]
• Rhymes: -arab
• Syllabification: A‧rab

Adjective

Arab

1. Arabic

Noun

Arab

1. Arabian, Arab

Proper noun

Arab

1. Arabic, a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula
2. Arabia
3. (colloquial) Short for Arab Saudi.

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)

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Arab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rap/

• Audio:

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

Noun

Arab m pers (female equivalent Arabka)

1. Arab

Further reading

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

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from English Arab, from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarab/

Noun

Arab m (plural Arabs or Arabiaid, feminine Arabes)

1. Arab

   Synonym: Arabiad

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Arab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies