アラブ

Japanese

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab); see English Arab.

First cited in Japanese to a dictionary of loanwords from 1914.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

アラブ • (Arabu) 

  1. [from 1914] an Arab person
  2. [from 1914] Arab countries
  3. [date uncertain] an Arabian horse, Arabian horses
    Synonyms: アラビア馬 (Arabia uma, literally “Arabian horse”), アラブ種 (Arabu-shu, literally “Arab type”)

References
  1. “アラブ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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