Arab
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Arab /ˈarəb, ˈeɪrab/
▶noun
- 1 a member of a Semitic people inhabiting much of the Middle East and North Africa.
- 2 a horse of a breed originating in Arabia.
– derivatives
Arabization (or Arabisation) noun,
Arabize (or Arabise) verb.
Arabization (or Arabisation) noun,
Arabize (or Arabise) verb.
– origin via L. and Gk from Arab. ‘arab.
'Arab' also found in these Oxford entries:
abaya
- abutilon
- ackers
- admiral
- adobe
- afreet
- agal
- albacore
- albatross
- alcalde
- alcazar
- alchemy
- alcohol
- alcove
- alembic
- alfalfa
- algorithm
- alguacil
- alhaji
- alidade
- alizarin
- alkahest
- alkali
- alkanet
- Allah
- Almagest
- Almohad
- Almoravid
- almucantar
- amber
- amir
- aniline
- apricot
- arabesque
- Arabian
- arabis
- Arabism
- arrack
- arsenal
- arsenic
- artichoke
- askari
- assegai
- athanor
- attar
- aubergine
- average
- ayatollah
- azan
