arabic
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Arabic¹
- /ˈæɹəbɪk/ Australia, UK
- /ˈaɹəbɪk/ British, Northern England, Southern
- /ˈæɹəbɪk/ US
- /ˈɛɹəbɪk/ US
- /ˈaɾəbɪk/ Scotland, Wales
- /ˈɛɹəbək/ New Zealand
- /ˈɐ.ɾɐ.bɪk/ India
- /ˈæː.ɾɐ.bɪk/ India
- /ɐˈɾæː.bɪk/ India
Where it comes from
From Latin Arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic.
adjective Arabical · Arabick
- Related to the Arabic language. an Arabic translation
- Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Arabic numerals
- Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective). White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule".
- Arab. I saw that in my workplace black co-workers had to unite with Arabic and white workers just to be able to win better wages and working conditions and certainly to be able to win a strike.
proper noun Arabical · Arabick
- A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa. Egyptian Arabic
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The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.
Near-synonym: Arabic alphabet
Similar: w:Arabic script, w:Arabic alphabet
noun Arabics · Arabical · Arabick
- A variety of the Arabic language. Classic Arabic didn't "turn into" the various Arabic vernaculars. There is disagreement over whether the range of spoken Arabics all have a single ancestor (seems unlikely), but Classical Arabic is a somewhat artificial creation based on at least two dialects.
- An Arab. That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber the arabics.
- Ellipsis of Arabic numeral A novel writer will usually spell out Arabics from one to nine, to accord with the tone of the genre.
arabic²
- /ˈæɹəbɪk/
Where it comes from
See gum arabic.
noun
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Ellipsis of gum arabic
Gum arabic is known as a lower viscosity gum, with high emulsification properties. […] these alternatives are still not totally as effective as gum arabic and when pricing and availability of arabic comes back in line, many switch back,[…]
Similar: arabic gum
- Ellipsis of arabic numeral
adjective
- Only used in arabic acid There is very little in recent literature concerning the chemistry of gum arabic other than […]. The "arabic acid" is of variable composition.
- Only used in arabic numeral
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: arabic language, arabic script, arabian, arab, french, spanish, arabia, english, arabe, arabi, arabs, brasileiro, inglés, pan-arab, perso, semitic
Translations
Every language
adj of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour
| Español | árabe, arábigo, arabesco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아랍의 arab-ui, 아랍 arap, 아라비아의 arabia-ui |
| 日本語 | アラビアの arabia no, アラブの arabu no |
| 中文 | 阿拉伯 Ālābó |
| हिन्दी | अरबी arbī, अरब arab |
| Kiswahili | kiarabu |
| Português | árabe, arábico |
| Français | arabe |
| Deutsch | arabisch |
| Italiano | arabo |
| Ελληνικά | αραβικός aravikós |
| Română | arab, arabic, arăbesc |
| Русский | ара́бский arábskij |
| Tiếng Việt | A-rập |
| العربية | عَرَبِيّ ʕarabiyy |
| עברית | עֲרָבִי araví, עֲרָבִית aravít |
name alphabet
| Español | árabe, alifato |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아랍 문자 arap munja |
| 日本語 | アラビア文字 arabia moji |
| 中文 | 阿拉伯字母 ālābó zìmǔ |
| हिन्दी | अरबी लिपि arbī lipi, अरबी arbī |
| Kiswahili | kiarabu |
| Português | árabe |
| Français | arabe, alphabet arabe |
| Deutsch | Arabisch, arabisches Alphabet |
| Italiano | arabo |
| Русский | ара́бский алфави́т arábskij alfavít, ара́бское письмо́ arábskoje pisʹmó, ара́бский arábskij, ара́бица arábica, вязь vjazʹ |
| العربية | أَبْجَدِيَّة عَرَبِيَّة ʔabjadiyya ʕarabiyya |
name language
| Español | árabe, arábigo, algarabía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아랍어 arabeo |
| 日本語 | アラビア語 arabiago |
| 中文 | 阿拉伯語 /阿拉伯语 ālābóyǔ, 阿拉伯文 ālābówén |
| हिन्दी | अरबी arbī, अरबी भाषा arabī bhāṣā |
| Kiswahili | kiarabu |
| Português | árabe |
| Français | arabe |
| Deutsch | Arabisch, arabische Sprache |
| Italiano | arabo |
| Ελληνικά | αραβικά araviká, αράβικα arávika, αραβική aravikí |
| Română | arabă |
| Русский | ара́бский язы́к arábskij jazýk, ара́бский arábskij |
| Tiếng Việt | tiếng A-rập, tiếng Ả Rập |
| العربية | الْعَرَبِيَّة al-ʕarabiyya, اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة al-luḡa al-ʕarabiyya, عَرَبِيّ ʕarabiyy |
| עברית | עֲרָבִית aravít, עֲרָבִי araví |
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title = {arabic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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