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Where does “arába” come from?

arába (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish arabi, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.

arába (Northern Sami): Arab

Definitions

  1. Arab

Ancestry of “arába”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisharabiArab
2ArabicعَرَبArabs; Arab
3Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply

Words derived from “arába”

  • arábagiella
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