Arab in Different Languages
Discover 'Arab' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Arab
Afrikaans arabier | ||
Albanian arab | ||
Amharic አረብ | ||
Arabic عرب | ||
Armenian արաբ | ||
Assamese আৰব | ||
Aymara árabe markanxa | ||
Azerbaijani ərəb | ||
Bambara arabukan na | ||
Basque arabiarra | ||
Belarusian арабскі | ||
Bengali আরব | ||
Bhojpuri अरब के ह | ||
Bosnian arap | ||
Bulgarian арабски | ||
Catalan àrab | ||
Cebuano arabo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 阿拉伯 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 阿拉伯 | ||
Corsican arabu | ||
Croatian arapski | ||
Czech arab | ||
Danish arabisk | ||
Dhivehi އަރަބި... | ||
Dogri अरब | ||
Dutch arabier | ||
English arab | ||
Esperanto araba | ||
Estonian araabia | ||
Ewe arabgbetɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) arabo | ||
Finnish arabi | ||
French arabe | ||
Frisian arabier | ||
Galician árabe | ||
Georgian არაბი | ||
German araber | ||
Greek άραβας | ||
Guarani árabe | ||
Gujarati અરબ | ||
Haitian Creole arab | ||
Hausa balarabe | ||
Hawaiian ʻalapia | ||
Hebrew ערבי | ||
Hindi अरब | ||
Hmong arab | ||
Hungarian arab | ||
Icelandic arabar | ||
Igbo arab | ||
Ilocano arabo | ||
Indonesian arab | ||
Irish arabach | ||
Italian arabo | ||
Japanese アラブ | ||
Javanese wong arab | ||
Kannada ಅರಬ್ | ||
Kazakh араб | ||
Khmer អារ៉ាប់ | ||
Kinyarwanda icyarabu | ||
Konkani अरबी | ||
Korean 아라비아 사람 | ||
Krio arab pipul dɛn | ||
Kurdish erebî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) عەرەبی | ||
Kyrgyz араб | ||
Lao ແຂກອາຫລັບ | ||
Latin arabum | ||
Latvian arābu | ||
Lingala arabe | ||
Lithuanian arabų | ||
Luganda omuwalabu | ||
Luxembourgish arabesch | ||
Macedonian арапски | ||
Maithili अरब | ||
Malagasy arabo | ||
Malay arab | ||
Malayalam അറബ് | ||
Maltese għarbi | ||
Maori arapi | ||
Marathi अरब | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯔꯕ꯫ | ||
Mizo arab tawng a ni | ||
Mongolian араб | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အာရပ် | ||
Nepali अरब | ||
Norwegian arabisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chiarabu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆରବ | ||
Oromo araba | ||
Pashto عرب | ||
Persian عرب | ||
Polish arab | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) árabe | ||
Punjabi ਅਰਬ | ||
Quechua arabe | ||
Romanian arab | ||
Russian араб | ||
Samoan arapi | ||
Sanskrit अरब | ||
Scots Gaelic arabach | ||
Sepedi searabia | ||
Serbian арапски | ||
Sesotho searabia | ||
Shona chiarabhu | ||
Sindhi عرب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අරාබි | ||
Slovak arab | ||
Slovenian arabski | ||
Somali carab | ||
Spanish árabe | ||
Sundanese arab | ||
Swahili kiarabu | ||
Swedish arabiska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) arabo | ||
Tajik араб | ||
Tamil அரபு | ||
Tatar гарәп | ||
Telugu అరబ్ | ||
Thai อาหรับ | ||
Tigrinya ዓረብ | ||
Tsonga xiarabu | ||
Turkish arap | ||
Turkmen arap | ||
Twi (Akan) arabfoɔ | ||
Ukrainian арабська | ||
Urdu عرب | ||
Uyghur arab | ||
Uzbek arab | ||
Vietnamese ả rập | ||
Welsh arabaidd | ||
Xhosa isiarabhu | ||
Yiddish אַראַביש | ||
Yoruba arab | ||
Zulu arab |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "Arabier" in Afrikaans can also mean "a stallion" or "a horse with a white mane and tail". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word " Arab" also means "horse trader". |
| Amharic | The word 'አረብ' in Amharic also refers to the 'Arabica' coffee variety due to its historical associations with the Arabian Peninsula. |
| Arabic | The word "عرب" also refers to nomads or desert dwellers, regardless of their ethnicity. |
| Armenian | The word "Արաբ" can also refer to a type of Armenian folk dance in 6/8 or 12/16 time signature. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "Ərəb" can also refer to a type of wheat or a specific breed of horse in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "Arabiarra" in Basque has also been linked to the ancient Roman province of Arabia or to the Hebrew word "Aribe" meaning "wanderer". |
| Belarusian | The word "Арабскі" can also mean "Arabic numerals" or "Arabic gum" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | আরব (Arab) শব্দটি আসলে 'গাড়োয়ানের জাত' অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হত, পরে তা আরব উপদ্বীপের জনগণকে বোঝাতে শুরু করে। |
| Bosnian | While the word "Arap" means "Arab" when written with a lower-case "a" (arap), it also means "blackamoor" in a racist sense when written with an upper-case "A" (Arap). |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "Арабски" also means "Arabic coffee" and "Arabian gum", both related to the Arabs' role in the trade of these goods. |
| Catalan | In Catalan the word «Àrab» can be used for the language, as an ethnicity and, by extension and archaically to all that has an oriental appearance and / or Islamic culture. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, 'Arabo' also means 'a person from overseas', 'a person with a different skin color', or 'a person coming from the Middle East'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 在汉语语境中，“阿拉伯”既可指代阿拉伯民族，也可指代阿拉伯世界或阿拉伯文化。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 其本意为“住在旷野里”或“来自沙漠”的人，泛指古代西亚、北非的游牧民族。 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "Arabu" can also refer to a type of bread made with chickpea flour. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, 'Arapski' can also refer to the Arabic language or culture. |
| Czech | Arab, v češtině, může znamenat také "nehodný", "zbabělý" nebo "špatný člověk". |
| Danish | The word "Arabisk" can also refer to a type of card game. |
| Dutch | The word "Arabier" can also mean a type of horse or a species of parrot. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "Araba" can also mean "carriage" or "chariot". |
| Estonian | The word “Araabia” in Estonian may also refer to an old silver coin with a camel on the obverse |
| Finnish | Arabia is the Finnish word for the Arabian peninsula, while the word "arabialainen" means a person of Arab descent. |
| French | The French word "arabe" can also refer to the Arabic language, Arab culture, or even a type of horse. |
| Frisian | The word |
| Galician | The Galician word 'Árabe' also refers to an old copper Portuguese coin from the sixteenth century. |
| Georgian | The word "Arab" in Georgian can also mean "a black person" and "a black horse". |
| German | The German word "Araber" can also refer to a type of horse breed. |
| Greek | The word "Άραβας" (Arab) in Greek can also refer to a type of horse or a particular breed of greyhound. |
| Gujarati | The word "અરબ" (Arab) in Gujarati can also mean "a measure of weight equal to 1/4 of a seer". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "Arab" also refers to a Muslim person and is frequently used to describe those of Middle Eastern descent. |
| Hausa | There is an alternate meaning of Bararabe which is "a kind of red dye". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, ʻAlapia can also refer to a person from the Middle East, North Africa, or Southwest Asia, including countries like Persia, Turkey, and Egypt. |
| Hebrew | ערבי in Hebrew may refer to the Arab people, or to the evening, a distinction not made in the name's singular form. |
| Hindi | The word "अरब" also refers to the number "one billion" in the Indian numbering system. |
| Hmong | The word 'Arab' can also refer to 'a person from Yemen' or 'a language of South Arabia', and has been used in this sense in Hmong since at least the 19th century. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "arab" also means "small change" or "coins". |
| Icelandic | The word "Arabar" in Icelandic can also refer to a type of horse from the Arabian Peninsula. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "Arab" can also refer to a type of fabric or a type of dance. |
| Indonesian | Istilah Arab dapat digunakan untuk menggambarkan orang-orang yang berasal dari jazirah Arab atau orang-orang yang berbicara bahasa Arab sebagai bahasa asli. |
| Irish | The word 'Arabach' can also refer to a type of boat used in the Aran Islands or a type of horse. |
| Italian | The Italian word "arabo" can also refer to a type of horse or a variety of coffee. |
| Japanese | 「アラブ」は、日本語では「アラブ」を指すことが多いが、「砂漠」や「荒れ地」などの意味も持つ。 |
| Javanese | The term 'Wong Arab' (literally 'Arab people') is also used in Javanese to refer to people with Arab ancestry but not necessarily Muslim. |
| Kannada | The word 'அரப್' ('Arab') comes from the Arabic word 'عرب', meaning 'bedouin' or 'nomad'. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "Араб" can also refer to a type of fabric with a floral pattern. |
| Khmer | The word "អារ៉ាប់" can also refer to people from the Middle East or North Africa. |
| Korean | 아라비아 사람은 오늘날 아랍권 사람들뿐만 아니라 고대 중동의 모든 유목민들을 일컫는 말이었다. |
| Kurdish | In the Kurdish dialect of Sorani, |
| Kyrgyz | "Арап", помимо своего основного значения, также является устаревшим названием африканских и других темнокожих народов. |
| Latin | In Roman antiquity, "Arabum" primarily referred to the Arab traders who frequented the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, and it was not until the 4th century AD that it came to be used to denote the ethnic group. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "arābu" also means "Arabic" (language, not people) and "Arabian" (things related to Arabia). |
| Lithuanian | "Arabų" can also be an outdated Lithuanian term for "Muslim". |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'Arabesch' can also refer to an intricate style of decoration used in architecture and art. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, “Арапски” can also refer to the color “dark green.” |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "Arabo" can mean both "Arab" and "Muslim", reflecting the historical connection between the two concepts in the region. |
| Malay | The word Arab in Malay also has alternate meanings such as merchant, trader, or someone from a foreign land. |
| Malayalam | The word "അറബ്" ("Arab") in Malayalam can also refer to traders in general, a particular caste of Hindu priests, or a certain species of snake. |
| Maltese | The word "Għarbi" can also refer to the Arabic language or culture. |
| Maori | The Maori word "Arapi" also carries connotations of "savage" or "uncivilised". |
| Marathi | The word 'अरब' ('Arab') in Marathi also refers to a type of horse. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "Араб" (Arab) is derived from the Sanskrit word "Araba" meaning "horse" or "chariot" and is not directly related to the ethnic group or language. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The Burmese word for "Arab" can also mean "Muslim" or "Middle Eastern". |
| Nepali | The word अरब (Arab) in Nepali can also mean 'a large number', possibly derived from the Persian word 'arab', meaning 'group' or 'crowd'. |
| Norwegian | The word Arabisk ('Arab') in Norwegian originally referred to 'Moorish' or 'Muslim'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'Chiarabu' in Nyanja has alternative meanings such as 'Somali' or 'foreigner from the east'. |
| Pashto | Pashto word "عرب" also refers to the bedouin or nomadic people who live in desert areas. |
| Persian | The word "عرب" in Persian can also mean "people who follow the Arabian ways" or "people of the desert". |
| Polish | W XV wieku Polska nazwa dla arabskiego konia była "Arabczyk", a dopiero od XVI wieku używa się nazwy "Arab". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "árabe" in Portuguese also refers to the Arabic language and to an ancient gold coin minted in the Iberian Peninsula. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਅਰਬ" (Arab) in Punjabi can also refer to an old copper coin with a value of half a paisa. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "arab" can also refer to a type of carriage, or a horse-drawn plow. |
| Russian | In Russian, "Араб" can also refer to "gold coins". |
| Samoan | The word 'Arapi' is also used to refer to people from the Middle East, North Africa, or South Asia, regardless of their ethnicity or religion. |
| Scots Gaelic | 'Arabach' has been suggested to mean 'charioteer' or 'ploughman' in Gaelic, though the etymology remains unclear. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the word 'Арапски' ('Arab') can also refer to a type of horse or a dark-skinned person of any origin, not necessarily an Arab. |
| Sesotho | Searabia is also used to refer to people from the Middle East |
| Shona | The word 'ChiArabhu' in Shona can also be used to refer to someone who is sly or deceptive. |
| Sindhi | The word "عرب" ("Arab") in Sindhi has an alternate meaning of "a kind of kite flown by children." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අරාබි" ("Arab") in Sinhala can also refer to a type of horse or a type of cloth. |
| Slovak | Arab je označenie pre príslušníka semitského národa alebo obyvateľa arabských krajín. |
| Slovenian | The word 'Arabski' can also refer to the Arabic language or alphabet, as well as to Arabic culture or customs. |
| Somali | Somali word "Carab" is sometimes used to refer to "White People" or a "Caucasian Person". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "árabe" can also refer to a type of dance or a breed of horse. |
| Sundanese | Sundanese “Arab” can also mean “dark-skinned Muslim”, a term used to refer to people from the Middle East and South Asia. |
| Swahili | The etymology of 'Kiarabu' is traced to the word 'Arab', the collective term for the inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula. |
| Swedish | The word 'Arabiska', meaning 'Arabic', was originally used in Swedish to refer to astrology. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "Arabo" has an alternate meaning: "Moor" |
| Tajik | В таджикском языке «ароби хориҷӣ» — «иностранный араб». |
| Tamil | The word 'அரபு' can also mean 'noble horse' or 'warrior on a horse' in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "అరబ్" can also refer to the Arabic language or the Arabian Peninsula. |
| Thai | คำว่า "อาหรับ" ในภาษาไทย มีรากศัพท์จากภาษาเปอร์เซีย หมายถึง ชาวตะวันตก |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "Arap" can also refer to a type of traditional coffee or a type of horse breed. |
| Ukrainian | In addition to its primary meaning of "Arab," the Ukrainian word "Арабська" can also refer to the Arabian language or to Arabic culture. |
| Urdu | The word "عرب" (Arab) is cognate with the Hebrew word "ערבי" (erev), meaning "west" or "evening", which likely refers to the geographical location of the Arab tribes relative to the Hebrews. |
| Uzbek | Arab - an obsolete term for a merchant originating from foreign lands. |
| Vietnamese | Ả Rập trong tiếng Việt gốc từ tiếng Sanskrit "dravida" chỉ vùng đất của người Dravida, sau dùng chỉ người phương Tây nói chung |
| Welsh | The word "Arabaidd" in Welsh derives from the Latin "Arabicus", ultimately originating from the Greek "Άραψ" (Araps), meaning "inhabitant of Arabia". |
| Xhosa | The word ‘IsiArabhu’ is often used by the Xhosa people to refer to Arabs |
| Yiddish | The word "אַראַביש" can also refer to the language spoken by Arabs, known as Arabic. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "Arab" is a loanword from Hausa and primarily refers to Arab merchants. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "Arab" is also used to refer to Arabs and Arabic-speaking people in general. |
| English | The term "Arab" has been used to refer to the people of the Arabian Peninsula, their language, and their culture. |