described, as arava means 'wilderness.'

The root ?-r-b has several additional meanings in Semitic languages--including 'west, sunset', 'desert', 'mingle', 'mixed', 'merchant' and 'raven'--and are "comprehensible" with all of these having varying degrees of relevance to the emergence of the name. It is also possible that some forms were metathetical from , 'moving around' (Arabic: , 'traverse') and hence, it is alleged, 'nomadic'.

Origins

Arabic is a Semitic language

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