عربي

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
    اللُّغَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ جَمِيلَةٌ جِدًّا.
    al-luḡatu l-ʕarabiyyatu jamīlatun jiddan.
    The Arabic language is very beautiful.
  3. Arabian
Declension
Antonyms

Noun

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

  1. Arab
  2. (colloquial) Arabic (language)
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: Għarbi
  • Moroccan Arabic: عربي (ʕarbi)
  • Classical Persian: عَرَبِی ('arabī)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अरबी (arabī)
    Urdu: عَرَبِی ('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
4 terms

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

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.bi/

Adjective

عربي (ʕarbi)

  1. traditional; homemade; not industrialized; local
    Antonym: سوري (sūri)
  2. Arab
  3. Arabic language

Noun

عربي (ʕarbi) m

  1. Arab (person)
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