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arap

“arap” is an Albanian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. black man, negro
  2. tadpole (young toad)
  3. a figure of Albanian and Balkanic fables imagined as a big black man, strong and scary
  4. name for a pet with black fur or hair
  5. name for a small and black variety of fig
  6. used for the darkest colour on the spectrum

adjective

  1. black, dark, tanned

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عرب (arab, arap), whence Turkish Arap.

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