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Where does “عَرَب” come from?

عَرَب (Arabic) comes from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.

عَرَب (Arabic): Arabs; Arab

Definitions

  1. Arabs; Arab

Ancestry of “عَرَب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply

Words derived from “عَرَب”

  • Arab
  • Arabic
  • Arabia
  • Arabian
  • Arabism
  • Arabization
  • Arabist
  • Arabness
  • Arabize
  • Arabdom
  • Arabophobia
  • Arabise
  • Arabish
  • Arabid
  • anti-Arabism
  • Arabianness
  • Arabianise
  • pan-Arabism
  • Anglo-Arabian
  • Araboid
  • Arabianize
  • Arabianization
  • arabiensis
  • Arabs
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