arap

See also: ARAP, Arap, A-rập, Á rập, and Ả Rập

Albanian

Alternative forms

• harap

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عرب (arab, arap), whence Turkish Arap.

Noun

arap m (plural arapë, definite arapi)

1. (colloquial) black man, negro

   Synonym: zezak

2. tadpole (young toad)

   Synonym: fulterëz

3. a figure of Albanian and Balkanic fables imagined as a big black man, strong and scary
4. name for a pet with black fur or hair
5. name for a small and black variety of fig
6. (adverb) used for the darkest colour on the spectrum

Adjective

arap (feminine arape)

1. black, dark, tanned

Derived terms

• arapash
• arapashkë
• arape
• arapeshë
• arapli

 

References

• “arap”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “arap”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980

Further reading

• Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 2: “Aethiopes — Harapete”

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• arapu

Etymology 1

Verb

arap first-singular present indicative

1. Alternative form of arachiu

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish عرب (Arap), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Noun

arap m (feminine equivalent arapsã)

1. black person
2. Arab
3. name given to black dogs or mules

Derived terms

• arãpush
• arãpescu

Etymology 3

Possibly ultimately linked to Latin rēpō (“creep, crawl”), but this is uncertain.

Noun

arap n (plural arapuri)

1. ascent, uphill (an uphill route)

Chuukese

Adjective

arap

1. close, near

Verb

arap

1. to move close to

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *harəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀəp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arap/

Verb

arap

1. believe
2. hope

Derived terms

• pengarap

Kapampangan

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp. compare Tagalog harap, Yakan harap, Malay hadap.

Noun

arap

1. front; forefront
2. facade; front of a building
3. presenting of oneself to someone

Derived terms

• arapan
• arapanan
• ayarapanan
• ipayarap
• ipayarapanan
• iyarap
• kayarap
• kayarapan
• kayarapanan
• kayarapananan
• makayarap
• marap
• mikayarapanan
• miyarap
• miyarapanan
• pamagarap
• pangayarapanan
• piyarapan

 

Maranao

Verb

arap

1. to hope
2. to pray

Derived terms

• pangarap
• pangangarapan

Romanian

Alternative forms

• harap

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عرب (Arap), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Noun

arap m (plural arapi, feminine equivalent arăpoaică)

1. (dated, popular) black person; a person of Sub-Saharan African descent
2. (obsolete) Arab

   Synonym: arab

Declension

Declension of arap

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	arap		arapă	arapi	arape
	definite	arapul		arapa	arapii	arapele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	arap		arape	arapi	arape
	definite	arapului		arapei	arapilor	arapelor

Synonyms

• (black person): negru (slang), african, persoană de culoare

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Javanese ꦲꦉꦥ꧀ (arep), Malay harap, and Iban arap.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾap/, [ˈʔa.ɾɐp]
• Rhymes: -aɾap
• Syllabification: a‧rap

Noun

arap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜉ᜔) (obsolete)

1. dreaming (no longer used on its own except in derived terms)

Derived terms

• arap-arapin
• ipangarap
• mangangarap
• mangarap
• mapangarap
• mapangarapin
• paarap
• pangarap
• pangarapan
• pangarapin

 

See also

• ginip

Further reading

• “arap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 49.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier