عرب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ر ب (ʕ-r-b)

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /ʕar.ra.ba/
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ʕa.rab/

Verb

عَرَّبَ • (ʕarraba) II, non-past يُعَرِّبُ‎ (yuʕarribu)

  1. to translate into Arabic
  2. to Arabicize, Arabize; to give an Arabic form
  3. to express, to state clearly, to declare
  4. (obsolete) to upbraid, to disapprove of, to declare foul [+ عَلَى (object)]
  5. (obsolete) to lop, to prune, to scarify and cauterize or otherwise trim at the surface
Conjugation

Noun

عَرَب • (ʕarab) f or m pl (collective, singulative عَرَبِيّ m (ʕarabiyy), plural عُرُوب (ʕurūb) or أَعْرُب (ʔaʕrub) or عُرْبَان (ʕurbān) or عُرُب (ʕurub), paucal عَرَب (ʕarab))

  1. Arabs, true Arabs
Usage notes

According to Lane's Arabic Lexicon (entry عرب, book I, p. 2045), عَرَب (ʕarab) is of the feminine gender. However, since the word is a collective noun with human referents, it is possible for it to be treated as either a masculine plural or a feminine singular noun. For example, the Wikipedia entry has الْعَرَب الْبَاقِيَة الَّذِين (al-ʕarab al-bāqiya allaḏīn ..., the remaining Arabs who ...) with بَاقِيَة (bāqiya, remaining), a feminine singular, but الَّذِين (allaḏīn, who), a masculine plural. Semantically, such nouns often refer to races and ethnic groups. For similar collective nouns, see عَجَم (ʕajam, Non-Arabs), كُرْج (kurj, Georgians), فُرْس (furs, Persians), تُرْك (turk, Turks), كُرْد (kurd, Kurds), رُوم (rūm, Romans), and رُوس (rūs, Rus Vikings).

Declension
Antonyms
Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: Ἄραψ (Áraps)
    • Latin: Arabs
  • Northern Kurdish: ereb

Adjective

عَرَب • (ʕarab) m pl

  1. masculine plural of عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy)

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of عَرْبُون (ʕarbūn).

Verb

عَرَّبَ • (ʕarraba) II, non-past يُعَرِّبُ‎ (yuʕarribu)

  1. to give earnest money
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Denominal verb of عَرُوب (ʕarūb).

Verb

عَرَّبَ • (ʕarraba) II, non-past يُعَرِّبُ‎ (yuʕarribu)

  1. (obsolete) to express sexual desire towards, to attempt to render desirous of copulation, to be obscene towards
Conjugation

Adjective

عُرُب • (ʕurub) f pl

  1. plural of عَرُوب (ʕarūb)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Noun

عرب • (Arap)

  1. the Arabian people or Arabia
  2. Arab
  3. Negro
    Synonym: زنجی (zenci)

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عرب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3240
  • Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “87. ARÁPU”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 79

Persian

Noun

عرب • ('arab) (plural عرب‌ها ('arab-hâ))

  1. Arab
  2. Arabian

Adjective

عرب • ('arab)

  1. Arab
  2. Arabian

Synonyms

Derived terms

Sindhi

Noun

عرب • ('arbu)

  1. Arab

Adjective

عرب • ('arbu)

  1. Arab

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر ب
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَرَّب (ʕarrab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.rab/, [ˈʕar.rab]
  • (file)

Verb

عرّب • (ʕarrab) II (present بعرّب (biʕarreb))

  1. to sort, to classify, to organize
Conjugation
    Conjugation of عرّب (ʕarrab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عرّبت (ʕarrabt) عرّبت (ʕarrabt) عرّب (ʕarrab) عرّبنا (ʕarrabna) عرّبتو (ʕarrabtu) عرّبو (ʕarrabu)
f عرّبتي (ʕarrabti) عرّبت (ʕarrabat)
present m بعرّب (baʕarreb) بتعرّب (bitʕarreb) بعرّب (biʕarreb) منعرّب (minʕarreb) بتعرّبو (bitʕarrbu) بعرّبو (biʕarrbu)
f بتعرّبي (bitʕarrbi) بتعرّب (bitʕarreb)
subjunctive m اعرّب (aʕarreb) تعرّب (tʕarreb) يعرّب (yʕarreb) نعرّب (nʕarreb) تعرّبو (tʕarrbu) يعرّبو (yʕarrbu)
f تعرّبي (tʕarrbi) تعرّب (tʕarreb)
imperative m عرّب (ʕarreb) عرّبو (ʕarrbu)
f عرّبي (ʕarrbi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.rab/, [ˈʕa.rab]
  • (file)

Noun

عرب • (ʕarab) pl

  1. plural of عربي (ʕarabi, Arab)

Adjective

عرب • (ʕarab)

  1. plural of عربي (ʕarabi, Arabic)

Urdu

Noun

عرب • (arab) m

  1. Arab
  2. Arabian

Adjective

عرب • (arab)

  1. Arab
  2. Arabian
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