Where does “arab” come from?
arab (English) comes from Hindi अरब, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.
Ancestry of “arab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | अरब | — |
| 2 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 3 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |