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Where does “Arap” come from?

Arap (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish عرب, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.

Arap (Turkish): Arab; Arabic

Definitions

  1. Arab; Arabic

Ancestry of “Arap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعربthe Arabian people or Arabia; Arab; Negro
2ArabicعَرَبArabs; Arab
3Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply

Words derived from “Arap”

  • αραπίνα
  • Arapça
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