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It's true that there's no etymological dictionary of Semitic, but there is a comparative grammar that's way more comprehensive than the ones mentioned in the article: Brockelmann's Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der semitischen Sprachen, in two big, dense volumes (1908-1913).
This Wiki-article is based on hopelessly outdated sources, over a century old. As a result, most of what it says is nonsense. Any reader looking for an explanation of the origins and meaning of the word Arab would be best advised to visit a library. (P.s. - the root is '/r/b, which has to do with speech - Weber lists the primary meaning as "to utter".) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PiCo ( talk • contribs) 06:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC).
During the Roman time, the term denoted an ethnicity as Gauls, Greeks or Jews, ecc. indeed there was a Roman Emperor with Greek name (at the time international language): Philip the Arab. His family was noble of Syria with cosmopolitan culture and in the same time desert nomad, he was indentified, and he identified himself as Arab. -- Andriolo ( talk) 21:08, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
An attempt...Can someone check this? From the Phoenician perspective RB ...Erob, Europe where the sun goes down. RB ...Arob, Arab Where the sun goes up. Curiously close pronounciation.
עַל in hebrew sounds like Arub-Arab and means up, ontop in English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1810:A511:5A00:CC03:50C8:1E39:7095 ( talk) 12:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
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It's true that there's no etymological dictionary of Semitic, but there is a comparative grammar that's way more comprehensive than the ones mentioned in the article: Brockelmann's Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der semitischen Sprachen, in two big, dense volumes (1908-1913).
This Wiki-article is based on hopelessly outdated sources, over a century old. As a result, most of what it says is nonsense. Any reader looking for an explanation of the origins and meaning of the word Arab would be best advised to visit a library. (P.s. - the root is '/r/b, which has to do with speech - Weber lists the primary meaning as "to utter".) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PiCo ( talk • contribs) 06:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC).
During the Roman time, the term denoted an ethnicity as Gauls, Greeks or Jews, ecc. indeed there was a Roman Emperor with Greek name (at the time international language): Philip the Arab. His family was noble of Syria with cosmopolitan culture and in the same time desert nomad, he was indentified, and he identified himself as Arab. -- Andriolo ( talk) 21:08, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
An attempt...Can someone check this? From the Phoenician perspective RB ...Erob, Europe where the sun goes down. RB ...Arob, Arab Where the sun goes up. Curiously close pronounciation.
עַל in hebrew sounds like Arub-Arab and means up, ontop in English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1810:A511:5A00:CC03:50C8:1E39:7095 ( talk) 12:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)