Waarabu : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho

'''Waarabu''' (kwa [[Kiarabu]] عَرَبِ, <small>matamshi ya Kiarabu:</small> [ʕarabi]) ni [[watu]] ambao [[lugha mama]] yao ya asili ni [[Kiarabu]] wakijitambua vile.

Kiasili walikuwa watu wa [[Bara Arabu]] na maeneo jirani katika [[Syria]] na [[Iraki]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15372.html|title=Nationalism, Language, and Muslim Exceptionalism|last=Mabry|first=Tristan James|date=2015|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|isbn=9780812246919|pages=53-85|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> , lakini tangu kuja kwa [[Uislamu]] walienea nje ya eneo asilia hasa katika [[Afrika ya Kaskazini]] na nchi za [[Mashariki ya Kati]] ambako walijichangaya na wenyeji wambaoambao wengi wao wamepokea [[lugha]] ya KarabuKiarabu tangu [[karne]] nyingi na kujitazama kama Waarabu pia.

Kutokana na [[uhamiaji]] wako pia katika [[Afrika ya Mashariki]], [[Visiwa]] vya [[Komoro]] na visiwa vingine vya [[Bahari ya Hindi|Bahari Hindi]], [[Amerika]], [[Ulaya ya Magharibi|Ulaya Magharibi]], [[Indonesia]], [[Uhindi]] na [[Uajemi|Iran]] . <ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Music and media in the Arab world|date=2010|publisher=The American University in Cairo Press|isbn=978-977-416-293-0|editor-last=Frishkopf|editor-first=Michael|edition=1st|location=Cairo}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|title=Main characteristic and development trends of migration in the Arab world|last=Bureš|first=Jaroslav|date=2008|publisher=Institute of International Relations|isbn=978-80-86506-71-5|location=Prague}}</ref> <ref name="Arab People">{{Cite web|title=Arab (People)|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arab|accessdate=19 December 2020|work=Britannica}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|title=Main characteristic and development trends of migration in the Arab world|last=Bureš|first=Jaroslav|date=2008|publisher=Institute of International Relations|isbn=978-8086506715|location=Prague}}</ref> <ref>Chapter 4. Modern Standard Arabs". Nationalism, Language, and Muslim Exceptionalism, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015, pp. 53-85. https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291018.53</ref>

[[Dini]] ya [[Uislamu]] ulianziailianzia kati ya Waarabu na hivyo Kiarabu ndiondiyo lugha ya [[Qurani]] na maandiko ya Kiislamu, na Waarabu wengi ni [[Mwislamu|Waislamu]] . Walakini kati ya WaialmuWaislamu wote Waarabu ni kama [[asilimia]] 20% tu. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/demographics-of-islam|title=Demographics of Islam|accessdate=28 September 2020|archivedate=9 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009120840/https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/demographics-of-islam}}</ref>

Kihistoria Waarabu walitajwa mara ya kwanza mara ya kwanza wakati wa [[karne ya 9 KK]] kama [[makabila]] kwenyeya [[mashariki]] na [[kusini]] mwa [[Syria]] na [[kaskazini]] mwa Bara Arabu. <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cRrGQ8bIAkC|title=The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East: Reassessing the Sources|last=Myers|first=E. A.|date=11 February 2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-48481-7|page=18}}</ref> Waarabu wanaonekana walikuwa chini ya [[wafalme]] wa [[Ashuru|Milki ya Ashuru]] ([[911 KK|911]]-[[612 KK]]), na baadaye chini ya [[Babeli|Milki ya Babeli]] iliyofuata ([[626 KK|626]]-[[539 KK]]), [[Uajemi ya Kale#Waakhameni|Waakhemi]] ([[539 KK|539]]-[[332 KK]]), Seleukidi na Waparthi. Katika karne ya 3 KK Waarabu wa Nabatea waliunda ufalme wao karibu na [[PetraWaseleukidi]] katika Yordani ya leo. Makabila ya Kiarabu kama Waghassanidi na Walakhmidi huanza kuonekana katika jangwa la Syria Kusini kuanzia katikati ya [[Karne ya 3 KK|karne ya 3 BKWaparthi]] wakiunda milki zao zilizoshirikiana na [[Dola la Roma]] na Wasasani. Hadi karne ya 7 sehemu ya Waarabu hasa wa magharibi mwa eneo lao walikuwa Wakristo, wengine pia Wayahudi.