アラブ

アラブ · arabu · JLPT N1 · noun

Arab

Katakana spelling of English Arab: a-ra-bu, sounded out one syllable at a time

Arab traces to a Semitic root, ʕ-r-b, tied to the Arabian region. Japanese adapts the English word into katakana, one mora per beat: a, ra, bu.

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