22 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 387

The Quran root ع ر ب ʿ-r-b

Words built from the root ع ر ب ([ʿ-r-b]) appear 22 times in the Quran. The most common is عَرَبِيّ, “Arabic”, which comes 11 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
عَرَبِيّ	ʿarabiyy	Arabic · Quran in Arabic	11
أَعْراب	aʿraab	bedouins	10
عُرُب	ʿurub	Devoted	1

Examples from the Quran

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ٢

عَرَبِيًّا ʿarabiyyan · (as) a Quran in Arabic

Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand. (Surah Yusuf, 12:2)

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَاهُ حُكْمًا عَرَبِيًّا وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَاءَهُم بَعْدَ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا وَاقٍ ٣٧

عَرَبِيًّا ʿarabiyyan · (in) Arabic

And thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation. And if you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you of knowledge, you would not have against Allāh any ally or any protector. (Surah Ar-Ra'd, 13:37)

وَجَاءَ الْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ٩٠

الْأَعْرَابِ l-aʿrābi · the bedouins

And those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to remain], and they who had lied to Allāh and His Messenger sat [at home]. There will strike those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:90)

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا ٣٧

عُرُبًا ʿuruban · Devoted

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age, (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:37)

Surahs where it comes most

Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.