عربي

See also: عربی, عربى, غربی, and غربي

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ra.biː/

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَرَب (ʕarab, Arabs) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Alternative forms

  • عربى (ʕarabī) (Nile Valley, traditional spelling)

Adjective

عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy) (feminine عَرَبِيَّة (ʕarabiyya), masculine plural عَرَب (ʕarab), feminine plural عَرَبِيَّات (ʕarabiyyāt))

  1. Arab
  2. Arabic
    اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّةal-luḡa l-ʿarabiyyathe Arabic language
  3. Arabian
Declension
Antonyms

Noun

عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy) m, plural عَرَب (ʕarab), feminine عَرَبِيَّة (ʕarabiyya)

  1. Arab
  2. (colloquial) Arabic (language)
    لَا أَتَكَلَّم عَرَبِي.lā ʔatakallam ʕarabī.I don't speak Arabic.
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: Għarbi
  • Moroccan Arabic: عربي (ʕarbi)
  • Persian: عربی ('arabi)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अरबी (arabī)
    Urdu: عربی ('arabī)

See also

Verb

عَرِّبِي (ʕarribī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of عَرَّبَ (ʕarraba)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.bi/
  • (file)

Adjective

عربي (ʕarbi) (feminine عربية (ʕarbiyya), common plural عرب (ʕrab), feminine plural عربيات (ʕarbiyyāt))

  1. Arab

Noun

عربي (ʕarbi) m (plural عرب (ʕrab), feminine عربية (ʕarbiyya))

  1. Arab (person)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ر ب

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ra.bi/, [ˈʕɑ.rˤɑ.bi]
  • (file)

Adjective

عربي (ʕarabi) (feminine عربيّة (ʕarabiyye), common plural عرب (ʕarab))

  1. Arab, Arabic

Noun

عربي (ʕarabi) m (plural عرب (ʕarab), feminine عربيّة (ʕarabiyye))

  1. Arab
  2. Arabic
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