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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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ʕarrāb عَرّاب 
ID – • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021, last updated 27Sep2022
√ʕRB 
n. 
godfather, sponsor – WehrCowan1976
 
▪ related to ↗ʕurbūn, based on old *‘to step in for s.o.’
 
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl arbiter, from Lat arbiter judge, from Phoen (Pun) *ʕarb ‘surety, guarantee’; earnest, from Grk arrabōn, from Can *ʕirrabōn ‘pledge, surety’, akin to Hbr ʕērābôn, from *ʕaraba ‘to enter, stand surety for’, cf. Ar ʕarrāb and ↗ʕurbūn. 
►ʕarrābaẗ, n.f., godmother, sponsor: f. of ʕarrāb

►ʕarraba, vb. II, 1 ↗ʕarab; 2 ↗s.v.; 3 to give earnest money, give a handsel, make a down payment: D-stem, denom., from ↗ʕurbūn ‘earnest money’, related to ʕarrāb

For other meanings attached to the root, cf. ↗ʔaʕraba, ↗ʕarab, ↗ʕarabī, ↗¹ʕarabaẗ, ↗²ʕarabaẗ, ↗³ʕarabaẗ, ↗ʔiʕrāb, and ↗ʕurbūn, as well as, for the overall picture, root entries ↗√ʕRB and ↗√ʕRBN.
 
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