Arabian vs. Arabic — What's the Difference?

Of or concerning Arabia or the Arabs; Arab.

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, al-ʿarabiyyah [al ʕaraˈbijːa] (listen) or عَرَبِيّ‎, ʿarabīy [ˈʕarabiː] (listen) or [ʕaraˈbij]) is a Semitic language that first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE. It is now the lingua franca of the Arab world. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living in the Arabian Peninsula bounded by eastern Egypt in the west, Mesopotamia in the east, and the Anti-Lebanon mountains and Northern Syria in the north, as perceived by ancient Greek geographers.

A native or inhabitant of Arabia.

A Semitic language originating in the Arabian Peninsula that since the 7th century AD has come to be the principal language of a wide area of the Middle East and North Africa. Modern spoken Arabic consists of many different, often mutually unintelligible dialects, and a modified form of classical Arabic is used as the language of education and administration across the area.

An Arabian horse.

Of or relating to Arabia, the Arabs, their language, or their culture.

Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

(rare) gum arabic

A native of Arabia; an Arab.

Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

A member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

The language of the Arabians.

A spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia

The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects

Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people;

Relating to or characteristic of Arabs;

Of or relating to Arabian horses