アラブ
Japanese
Etymology
Internationalism, ultimately from Arabic عَرَب (ʿarab); see English Arab.
First cited in Japanese to a dictionary of loanwords from 1914.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) アラブ [áꜜràbù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠bɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
アラブ • (Arabu)
- [from 1914] an Arab person
- [from 1914] Arab countries
- [date uncertain] an Arabian horse, Arabian horses
- Synonyms: アラビア馬 (Arabia uma, literally “Arabian horse”), アラブ種 (Arabu-shu, literally “Arab type”)
References
- “アラブ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN