Arabic

Verb

عَرَّبَ • ‎(ʿarraba) II, non-past يُعَرِّبُ‎ (yuʿarribu)

1. to translate into Arabic
2. to Arabicize, Arabize; to give an Arabic form
3. to express, to state clearly, to declare
4. to give earnest money

Conjugation

Noun

عَرَب • ‎(ʿarab) f, m pl ‎(collective, singulative عَرَبِيّ ‎(ʿarabiyy), paucal عَرَب ‎(ʿarab), plural عُرُوب ‎(ʿurūb) or أَعْرُب ‎(ʾaʿrub) or عُرْبَان ‎(ʿurbān) or أَعْرَاب ‎(ʾaʿrāb))

1. Arabs, true Arabs
2. bedouins

Usage notes

According to Lane's Arabic Lexicon (entry عرب, book I, p. 2045), عَرَب ‎(ʿarab) is of the feminine gender. Modern usage appears to allow both feminine and masculine plural, e.g. the Wikipedia entry has الْعَرَب الْبَاقِيَة الَّذِين ‎(al-ʿarab al-bāqiya allaḏīn ..., “the remaining Arabs who ...”) with بَاقِيَة ‎(bāqiya, “remaining”) feminine singular but الَّذِين ‎(allaḏīn, “who”) masculine plural.

Declension

Adjective

عَرَب • ‎(ʿarab) m pl

1. masculine plural of عَرَبِيّ ‎(ʿarabiyy)

Persian

Noun

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

1. Arab
2. Arabian

Adjective

عرب • ‎('arab)

1. Arab
2. Arabian

Synonyms

• تازی ‎(tâzi)

Related terms

• عربی ‎('arabi)
• عربستان ‎('arabestân)
• عربستان سعودی ‎('arabestan-e saudi)

Sindhi

Noun

عرب ‎('arbu)

1. Arab

Adjective

عرب ‎('arbu)

1. Arab

Related terms

• عربي ‎('arabi)
• عربستان ‎('arabestân)
• سعودي عرب ‎('saudi arab)