Where does “arap” come from?
arap (Romanian) comes from Turkish Arap, from Ottoman Turkish عرب, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.
arap (Romanian): black person; Arab
Ancestry of “arap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Arap | Arab; Arabic |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | عرب | the Arabian people or Arabia; Arab; Negro |
| 3 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 4 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |