Where does “kearaban” come from?

kearaban (Malay) comes from Malay Arab, from Classical Malay عرب, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.

kearaban (Malay): Arabness

Definitions

  1. Arabness

Ancestry of “kearaban”, step by step

kearaban traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay Arab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayArabArab of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations
2Classical Malayعرب—
3ArabicعَرَبArabs; Arab
4Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply

via Malay ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
2Proto-Malayic*kə- -an—
3Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Arabic عَرَبَ →Every word from Arabic عَرَب →Every word from Classical Malay عرب →