What is the difference between arab and arabic?
arab | arabic |
Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
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An inhabitant of Arabia
A member of an Arabic-speaking community
A particular breed of horse.
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Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
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A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.
The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.
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Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.Adjective
(-)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
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(en noun)Derived terms
* arabesque * Arabia * Arabian * Arabic * ArabistAnagrams
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(wikipedia Arabic)Alternative forms
* Arabick (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- One day my UN students asked me, "Which is the Arabic' country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not an ' Arab country!"
- White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon''" and "''Lebs rule ".