Etymograph

English

arab

Arab comes from Hindi अरब.

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentअरब1
  2. Englishtodayarab1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English arab

Lineage

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentअरबWiktionary, English arab
  2. EnglishtodayarabWiktionary, English arab

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Today it means

noun billion (sense 1); 1,000,000,000; or with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,00,000.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “arab”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Hindi अरब / arab