ערבית

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From עֲרָב (aráv, “Arabia”) +‎ ־ִית (-ít).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

עֲרָבִית • (aravít) f

  1. Arabic (a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa)

Further reading

Etymology 2

An adjectival form derived from עֶרֶב (érev, “evening”), first attested in Mishnaic Hebrew.

Pronunciation

Noun

עַרְבִית • (arvít) f (no plural forms)

  1. (Judaism) Maariv (a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or at night)
    Synonym: (chiefly Ashkenazic) מַעֲרִיב (ma'arív)

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.