عروب

العربية

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عروب^¹

/ʕa.ruːb/

Where it comes from

Probably an Aramaic borrowing as a slang term for a kind of extratribal licentious woman, since in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic / Jewish Literary Aramaic עָרִיב (ʕārīḇ) is found as “sweet, pleasing”, and for עֲרוּבְתָּא (ʿărūḇtā, “eve; eve before Sabbath; Friday”) present in pre-Islamic Arabic عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, “Friday”) the meaning “Venus”, dies Veneris, must be assumed, hence her name apposed to a venust woman. The related terms عَرَّبَ (ʕarraba), أَعْرَبَ (ʔaʕraba), اِسْتَعْرَبَ (istaʕraba), عِرَابَة (ʕirāba) then denote fescennine commerce as if denominal and originally argotic terms to be comprehended as “to do Venus” or at least “to do joy girl”.

adjective عَرُوب · ʕarūb · عُرُب · الْعَرُوب · عَرُوبٌ

concupiscent, lustful, bold in love, lascivious وَدِّع لَميسَ وَداعَ الصارِمِ اللاحي … إِذ فَنَّكَت في فَسادٍ بَعدَ إِصلاحِ إِذ تَستَبيكَ بِمَصقولٍ عَوارِضُهُ … حَمشِ اللِثاتِ عِذابٍ غَيرِ مِملاحِ وَقَد لَهَوتُ بِمِثلِ الرِئمِ آنِسَةٍ … تُصبي الحَليمَ عَروبٍ غَيرِ مِكلاحِ

عروب^²

/ʕu.ruːb/

noun عُرُوب · ʕurūb

plural, rare plural of عَرَب (ʕarab)

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عروب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}