| Pronunciation: | | 'arubik
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- [n] an alphabetic script used to write the Arabic dialects (and borrowed to write Urdu)
- [n] the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
- [adj] relating to or characteristic of Arabs; "Arabic languages"
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| | Synonyms: | | Arabic language, Arabic script |
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| | See Also: | | script, Semitic |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ar"a*bic\, a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
{Arabic numerals} or {figures}, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3,
etc., and the cipher 0.
{Gum arabic}. See under {Gum}.
\Ar"a*bic\, n.
The language of the Arabians.
Note: The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew.
It is very widely diffused, being the language in which
all Mohammedans must read the Koran, and is spoken as a
vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern
Africa.
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