Arabic vs. Arab — What's the Difference?

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 member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia, whose language and Islamic religion spread widely throughout the Middle East and northern Africa from the seventh century.

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.

A member of an Arabic-speaking people.

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

An Arabian horse.

(rare) gum arabic

One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.

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 characteristic of Arabs;