English [ edit ]
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Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Latin arabicus , from Arabia + -icus , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) , ultimately from the Arabic عَرَب ( ʕarab ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Adjective [ edit ]
Arabic (not comparable )
Related to the Arabic language .
2008 , Abdallah Nacereddine, To Be Oneself: The Tragicomedy of an Unfinished Life History , →ISBN , page 342 :One day my UN students asked me, "Which is the Arabic country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not an Arab country!"
Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
2012 , Deborah Youdell, “Intelligibility, agency and the raced–nationed–religioned subjects of education”, in Intersectionality and "Race" in Education , →ISBN , page 202 :White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon " and "Lebs rule ".
Usage notes [ edit ]
The adjective Arabic is commonly used in reference to language, and in traditional phrases such as Arabic numeral or gum arabic . Its use is controversial and often deprecated in reference to people or countries, where the adjective Arab is preferred.
Translations [ edit ]
of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour
Afrikaans: Arabies (af)
Albanian: arab (sq)
Arabic: عَرَبِيّ (ar) ( ʕarabíyy, ʕárabī ) ( common pronunciation )
Armenian: արաբական (hy) ( arabakan )
Assamese: আৰবী ( arobi )
Asturian: árabe (ast) , arábicu (ast) , arábigu (ast)
Avar: гӏараб ( ʻarab )
Azerbaijani: ərəb
Bashkir: ғәрәп ( ğərəp )
Belarusian: ара́бскі ( arábski )
Bengali: আরবি (bn) ( arobi )
Bulgarian: ара́бски ( arábski )
Burmese: အာရပ် ( arap )
Carpathian Rusyn: ара́бскый ( arábskŷj )
Catalan: àrab (ca) , aràbic
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿拉伯 ( aa3 laai1 baak3 )
Dungan: араб ( arab )
Hokkien: 阿拉伯 ( A-la-pek )
Mandarin: 阿拉伯 (zh) ( Ālābó )
Czech: arabský (cs)
Danish: arabisk (da)
Dhivehi: ޢަރަބި (dv) ( ʿarabi )
Dutch: Arabisch (nl)
Esperanto: araba (eo)
Estonian: araabia (et)
Finnish: arabialainen (fi)
French: arabe (fr)
Galician: árabe (gl) , arábigo , arábico
Georgian: არაბული (ka) ( arabuli )
German: arabisch (de)
Greek: αραβικός (el) ( aravikós )
Ancient: Ἀραβικός ( Arabikós )
Hebrew: עֲרָבִי (he) m ( araví ) , עֲרָבִית (he) f ( aravít )
Hindi: अरबी (hi) ( arbī ) , अरब (hi) ( arab )
Hungarian: arab (hu)
Icelandic: arabískur (is)
Ido: Arabiana (io) , Araba (io)
Indonesian: arab (id) , Arab (id)
Interlingua: arabe , arabic
Irish: Arabach
Italian: arabo (it)
Japanese: アラビアの (ja) ( arabia no ) , アラブの (ja) ( arabu no )
Kazakh: араб ( arab ) , арабы ( araby )
Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) ( ʼaarap ) , អារ៉ាប ( ʼaaraap )
Korean: 아랍의 ( arab-ui ) , 아랍 ( arap )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: erebî (ku)
Kyrgyz: араб (ky) ( arab )
Ladino:
Roman: árabo
Lao: ອາຣັບ ( ʼā rap ) , ອາຫລັບ ( ʼā lap ) , ອາລັບ ( ʼā lap )
Latin: arabicus
Latvian: arābu , arābisks
Lithuanian: arabų (lt) , arabiškas (lt)
Macedonian: арапски ( arapski )
Malay: Arab
Malayalam: അറബി (ml) ( aṟabi )
Maltese: Għarbi (mt) m , Għarbija f
Manx: Arabagh
Marathi: अरबी ( arbī )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: араб ( arab )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arabisk (no)
Nynorsk: arabisk
Old English: Arabisċ
Pashto: عربي (ps) ( 'arabí )
Persian: عَرَب (fa) ( 'arab ) , عَرَبی (fa) ( 'arabi )
Polish: arabski (pl)
Portuguese: árabe (pt) , arábico (pt)
Romanian: arab (ro) , arabic (ro) , arăbesc (ro)
Russian: ара́бский (ru) ( arábskij )
Scots: Arabic , Araibic
Scottish Gaelic: Arabach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀рапскӣ
Roman: àrapskī (sh)
Slovak: arabský (sk)
Slovene: arabski (sl)
Spanish: árabe (es) , arábigo (es)
Swahili: kiarabu (sw)
Swedish: arabisk (sv)
Tagalog: arabe (tl)
Tajik: арабӣ (tg) ( arabī )
Tatar: гарәп (tt) ( ğaräp )
Thai: อาหรับ (th) ( aa-ràp ) , อารบิก ( aa-rá-bìk )
Turkish: Arap (tr)
Turkmen: arap
Ukrainian: ара́бський (uk) ( arábsʹkyj )
Urdu: عَرَبی (ur) ( 'arabī )
Uyghur: ئەرەب ( ereb )
Uzbek: arab (uz)
Vietnamese: A-rập
Yiddish: אַראַביש (yi) ( arabish )
Proper noun [ edit ]
Arabic
A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.
2023 , Isabella Hammad , Enter Ghost , Jonathan Cape, page 74 :We’d gone to Arabic school as children and taken lessons in the summer holidays, and I still read the news in Arabic , but it wasn’t like I practised reciting the written language any more, with its complex rhythms and grammatical structures.
The Aramaic -derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian , Pashto , Urdu , and Uyghur languages, among others.
Derived terms [ edit ]
Related terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
language
Albanian: gjuha arabe f , arabisht (sq)
Amharic: ዓረብኛ ( ʿaräbña )
Arabic: الْعَرَبِيَّة (ar) f ( al-ʕarabiyya ) , اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة f ( al-luḡa l-ʕarabiyya ) , عَرَبِيّ (ar) m ( ʕarabiyy ) ( colloquial )
Algerian Arabic: العربية f ( el-ʕarbiyya )
Baharna Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chadian Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Dhofari Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Egyptian Arabic: عربى m ( ʕarabi )
Moroccan Arabic: العربية f ( el-ʕarbiyya )
Najdi Arabic: please add this translation if you can
North Levantine Arabic: please add this translation if you can
North Mesopotamian Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܥܪܒܝܐ , ܥܪܒܝܬ
Armenian: արաբերեն (hy) ( araberen )
Assamese: আৰবী ভাষা ( arobi bhaxa )
Asturian: árabe (ast) m , arábicu (ast) m , arábigu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: ərəb , ərəb dili
Bashkir: ғәрәп теле ( ğərəp tele ) , ғәрәпсә ( ğərəpsə )
Basque: arabiera (eu)
Belarusian: ара́бская мо́ва f ( arábskaja móva ) , ара́бская f ( arábskaja )
Bengali: আরবি ভাষা ( arobi bhaśa )
Bulgarian: ара́бски ези́к m ( arábski ezík ) , ара́бски m ( arábski ) ( ези́к )
Burmese: အာရပ် ဘာသာ ( arapbhasa ) , အာရပ် ဘာသာစကား ( arapbhasaca.ka: )
Carpathian Rusyn: ара́бскый язык m ( arábskŷj jazŷk )
Catalan: àrab (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᎸᎠᎳᏈᏯ (chr) ( alvalaquiya )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿拉伯文 ( aa3 laai1 baak3 man4-2 ) , 阿拉伯話 / 阿拉伯话 ( aa3 laai1 baak3 waa6-2 )
Hokkien: 阿拉伯語 / 阿拉伯语 (zh-min-nan) ( A-la-pek-gú )
Mandarin: 阿拉伯語 / 阿拉伯语 (zh) ( ālābóyǔ ) , 阿拉伯文 (zh) ( ālābówén )
Corsican: arabu (co) m , àrabu m
Czech: arabština (cs) f , arabský jazyk m
Danish: arabisk (da)
Dutch: Arabisch (nl) n
Estonian: araabia keel (et)
Faroese: arabiskt (fo)
Finnish: arabia (fi)
French: arabe (fr) m
Galician: árabe (gl) m , arábigo m , arábico m
Georgian: არაბული ენა ( arabuli ena )
German: Arabisch (de) n , arabische Sprache n
Greek: αραβικά (el) n pl ( araviká ) , αράβικα n pl ( arávika ) ( informally ) , αραβική (el) f ( aravikí ) ( formally )
Greenlandic: arabiamiutut , araberisut
Hausa: arabiyya
Hebrew: עֲרָבִית (he) f ( aravít ) , עֲרָבִי (he) m ( araví )
Hindi: अरबी (hi) f ( arbī ) , अरबी भाषा f ( arabī bhāṣā )
Hungarian: arab (hu)
Icelandic: arabíska (is)
Ido: Arabiana (io) , Araba (io)
Indonesian: bahasa arab
Interlingua: arabe
Irish: Araibis f
Italian: arabo (it) m
Japanese: アラビア語 (ja) ( アラビアご, arabiago )
Kashmiri: عَربی زَبان ( ʿarby zabān )
Kazakh: араб тілі ( arab tılı )
Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) ( ʼaarap ) , ភាសា អារ៉ាប់ ( phiəsaa ʼaarap )
Korean: 아랍어 (ko) ( arabeo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: erebî (ku) , zimanê erebî m
Kyrgyz: араб тили ( arab tili ) , арабча (ky) ( arabca )
Lao: ພາສາ ອາຣັບ ( phā sāʼā rap )
Latin: arabice m
Latvian: arābu valoda f , arābu
Limburgish: Arabisj n
Lithuanian: arabų (lt) , arabų kalba (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: Araabsch (nds) n ( Northern Low German )
Macedonian: арапски m ( arapski )
Malay: bahasa Arab
Maltese: l-Għarbi (mt) m
Manx: Arabish f
Marathi: अरबी f ( arbī )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: араб хэл ( arab xel )
Navajo: Ásáí bizaad
Ngazidja Comorian: shiaraɓu class 7
Norman: Arabe m
Northern Sami: arábagiella
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arabisk (no) m
Nynorsk: arabisk m
Occitan: arabi (oc) m , arab (oc) m
Old English: Arabisċ n
Pashto: عربي (ps) ( 'arabí ) , عربي ژبه f ( žᶕba 'arabí )
Persian: عَرَبی (fa) ( 'arabi ) , زَبانِ عَرَبی ( zabân-e 'arabi )
Polish: arabski (pl) m , arabszczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: árabe (pt) m
Punjabi: ਅਰਬੀ (pa) ( arabī )
Romanian: arabă (ro)
Russian: ара́бский язы́к m ( arábskij jazýk ) , ара́бский (ru) m ( arábskij ) ( язы́к )
Scots: Arabic , Araibic
Scottish Gaelic: Arabais f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀рапскӣ m
Roman: àrapskī (sh) m
Sindhi: عربي ٻولي
Sinhalese: අරාබි (si) ( arābi ) , අරාබි භාෂාව ( arābi bhāṣāwa )
Slovak: arabčina (sk) f
Slovene: arabščina (sl) f
Spanish: árabe (es) m
Swahili: kiarabu (sw)
Swedish: arabiska (sv)
Tajik: забон и арабӣ ( zaboni arabī ) , арабӣ (tg) ( arabī )
Tatar: гарәп теле ( ğaräp tele ) , гарәпча ( ğaräpça )
Telugu: అరబ్బీ ( arabbī )
Thai: อารบิก ( aa-rá-bìk ) , ภาษา อาหรับ ( paa-sǎa aa-ràp )
Tigrinya: ዓረብ ( ʿaräb )
Turkish: Arapça (tr)
Turkmen: arap dili
Ukrainian: ара́бська мо́ва f ( arábsʹka móva ) , ара́бська (uk) f ( arábsʹka ) ( мо́ва )
Urdu: عَرَبی (ur) f ( 'arabī ) , عَرَبی زُبان f ( 'arabī zubān ) , عَرَبی زَبان f ( 'arabī zabān )
Uyghur: ئەرەبچە ( erebche ) , ئەرەب تىلى ( ereb tili )
Uzbek: arabcha (uz) , arab tili
Vietnamese: tiếng A-rập , tiếng Ả Rập
West Flemish: Aroabiesch n
West Frisian: Arabysk (fy) n
Western Panjabi: عربی (pnb)
Yiddish: אַראַביש (yi) n ( arabish )
alphabet
Afrikaans: Arabiese alfabet (af)
Arabic: أَبْجَدِيَّة عَرَبِيَّة f ( ʔabjadiyya ʕarabiyya )
Baharna Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: արաբական գիր ( arabakan gir )
Azerbaijani: ərəb , ərəb əlifbası
Bashkir: ғәрәп әлифбаһы ( ğərəp əlifbahı ) , ғәрәп яҙыуы ( ğərəp yaźıwı )
Basque: arabiar
Belarusian: ара́бскі алфаві́т m ( arábski alfavít ) , ара́бскае пісьмо́ n ( arábskaje pisʹmó ) , ара́біца f ( arábica ) , вязь f ( vjazʹ )
Bulgarian: ара́бска а́збука f ( arábska ázbuka )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿拉伯 字母 ( ālābó zìmǔ )
Finnish: arabia (fi)
French: arabe (fr) m , alphabet arabe (fr) m
Galician: árabe (gl) m
Georgian: არაბული დამწერლობა ( arabuli damc̣erloba )
German: Arabisch (de) n , arabisches Alphabet n
Hindi: अरबी लिपि f ( arbī lipi ) , अरबी (hi) f ( arbī )
Ido: arab (io)
Indonesian: huruf arab , abjad arab
Interlingua: arabe
Irish: script Araibise f
Italian: arabo (it)
Japanese: アラビア 文字 ( arabia moji )
Kazakh: араб жазуы ( arab jazuy )
Khmer: អារ៉ាប់ (km) ( ʼaarap )
Korean: 아랍 문자 ( arap munja )
Macedonian: арапска азбука f ( arapska azbuka ) , арабица f ( arabica )
Malay: abjad Arab
Maltese: Għarbija f
Marathi: अरबी ( arbī )
Persian: اَلِفْبایِ عَرَبی ( alefbâ-ye 'arabi )
Portuguese: árabe (pt) m
Russian: ара́бский алфави́т m ( arábskij alfavít ) , ара́бское письмо́ n ( arábskoje pisʹmó ) , ара́бский (ru) m ( arábskij ) , ара́бица (ru) f ( arábica ) , вязь (ru) f ( vjazʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀рапскӣ m , ара̀бица f , арѐбица f
Roman: àrapskī (sh) m , aràbica (sh) f , arèbica f
Spanish: árabe (es) m
Swahili: kiarabu (sw)
Tajik: ҳуруфи арабӣ ( hurufi arabī )
Thai: อักษร อาหรับ ( àk-sŏn aa-ràp )
Turkish: Arap (tr) , Arap alfabesi
Ukrainian: ара́бський алфаві́т m ( arábsʹkyj alfavít ) , ара́бське письмо́ n ( arábsʹke pysʹmó ) , ара́биця f ( arábycja ) , в'язь (uk) f ( vʺjazʹ )
Uzbek: arab alifbosi
See also [ edit ]
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Arabic (plural Arabics )
A variety of the Arabic language.
2004 April 22, Peter T. Daniels, “Taiwanese and their language”, in soc.culture.china [1] (Usenet ):Classic Arabic didn't "turn into" the various Arabic vernaculars. There is disagreement over whether the range of spoken Arabics all have a single ancestor (seems unlikely), but Classical Arabic is a somewhat artificial creation based on at least two dialects.
( proscribed ) An Arab
2000 July 20, Topprolmc, “OT - I participated in an obscene act today!”, in rec.motorcycles.harley [2] (Usenet ):That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber the arabics .
Further reading [ edit ]
Ethnologue entry for Algerian Arabic , arq
Ethnologue entry for Algerian Saharan Arabic , aao
Ethnologue entry for Babalia Creole Arabic , bbz
Ethnologue entry for Baharna Arabic , abv
Ethnologue entry for Chadian Arabic , shu
Ethnologue entry for Cypriot Arabic , acy
Ethnologue entry for Dhofari Arabic , adf
Ethnologue entry for Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic , avl
Ethnologue entry for Egyptian Arabic , arz
Ethnologue entry for Gulf Arabic , afb
Ethnologue entry for Hadrami Arabic , ayh
Ethnologue entry for Hijazi Arabic , acw
Ethnologue entry for Libyan Arabic , ayl
Ethnologue entry for Mesopotamian Arabic , acm
Ethnologue entry for Moroccan Arabic , ary
Ethnologue entry for Najdi Arabic , ars
Ethnologue entry for North Levantine Arabic , apc
Ethnologue entry for North Mesopotamian Arabic , ayp
Ethnologue entry for Omani Arabic , acx
Ethnologue entry for Saidi Arabic , aec
Ethnologue entry for Sanaani Arabic , ayn
Ethnologue entry for Shihhi Arabic , ssh
Ethnologue entry for South Levantine Arabic , ajp
Ethnologue entry for Standard Arabic , arb
Ethnologue entry for Sudanese Arabic , apd
Ethnologue entry for Sudanese Creole Arabic , pga
Ethnologue entry for Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic , acq
Ethnologue entry for Tajiki Arabic , abh
Ethnologue entry for Tunisian Arabic , aeb
Ethnologue entry for Uzbeki Arabic , auz
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