ਅਰਬ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə.ɾə.b/

Etymology 1

Back-formation from ਅਰਬੀ (arabī).

Proper noun

ਅਰਬ • (arab) m (Shahmukhi spelling عرب)

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَرَب (arab), from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Noun

ਅਰਬ • (arab) m (Shahmukhi spelling عرب)

  1. (collective) Arabs
  2. (rare) Arab
    Synonym: ਅਰਬੀ (arabī)

Further reading

  • “ਅਰਬ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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