Arabic
/'ærəbik/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Relating to or characteristic of the Arab people, their culture, or their nations: This describes anything originating from or associated with the Arab world.
- Relating to the Arabic language: This describes the script, alphabet, or linguistic features of the Arabic language.
Noun:
- The Semitic language of the Arabs: A major world language spoken natively by hundreds of millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, and used as a liturgical language in Islam. It exists in a standardized literary form (Modern Standard Arabic) and numerous regional spoken dialects.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The museum has a beautiful collection of Arabic calligraphy.
- She is studying Arabic literature in college.
- Noun:
- Arabic is written from right to left.
- He is fluent in both French and Arabic.
Advanced Usage
- "Arabic script": The writing system used for the Arabic language and adopted for several other languages like Persian and Urdu.
- The Quran is always printed in Arabic script.
- "Arabic numeral": Refers to the set of ten digits (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) used in most of the world's numbering systems, historically transmitted from Indian mathematics via the Arab world.
- Please write the answer using Arabic numerals, not Roman numerals.
Variants and Related Words
- Arab (n.): A member of the Semitic people inhabiting much of the Middle East and North Africa.
- He is an Arab from Jordan.
- Arabian (adj.): Often used specifically in historical or geographical contexts (e.g., Arabian Peninsula, Arabian horse).
- The Arabian Desert is vast.
Synonyms
- For the language (Noun): There are no direct synonyms, but it can be described as "the language of the Quran."
- For the adjective: Arab (in some contexts, e.g., "Arab world").
Related Phrases
- Gum arabic: A natural gum obtained from the acacia tree, historically exported from Arab regions.
- Gum arabic is used as a stabilizer in food and drink.
- Arabic coffee: A traditional style of coffee prepared and served in a specific way in Arab culture.
- We were served strong Arabic coffee with cardamom.
Adjective
- relating to or characteristic of Arabs
- Arabic languages
Noun
- the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects