abugida
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abugida
- /ˌɑː.buˈɡiː.də/ US, UK
- /ˌæb.uˈɡiː.də/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Ge'ez አቡጊዳ (ʾäbugida). First use appears c. 1961. See cite below.
noun abugidas · avugida
- A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include. Words are entered under the Abugida system.
- A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, typically such that symbols for different syllables are generated by adding, altering or removing the vowel portion, often by applying a diacritic to a stable consonant symbol. 1997 [Routledge], Peter T. Daniels, 2: Scripts of Semitic Languages, Robert Hetzron (editor), The Semitic Languages, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2005, Transferred to Digital Printing, unnumbered page, For the scripts of the Semitic languages, five categories are needed: logography, syllabary, abja
Similar: alphasyllabary
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noun
Similar: alphasyllabary
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noun writing system — see also alphasyllabary
| 한국어 | 아부기다 abugida |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | アブギダ abugida |
| हिन्दी | आबूगीदा ābūgīdā |
| Português | abugida |
| Français | abugida, alphasyllabaire |
| Deutsch | Abugida |
| Italiano | alfasillabario, abugida |
| Русский | абуги́да abugída |
| العربية | أَبُوجِيدَا ʔabūjīdā |
| עברית | אבוגידה |
Talk about this word "abugida." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/abugida. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. abugida. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/abugida "abugida." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/abugida.Cite this
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title = {abugida},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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