Arabic Definition

ărə-bĭk
noun
A Semitic language originating in the Arabian Peninsula that since the 7th century ad has come to be the principal language of a wide area of the Middle East and North Africa. Modern spoken Arabic consists of many different, often mutually unintelligible dialects, and a modified form of classical Arabic is used as the language of education and administration across the area.
American Heritage
The Semitic language of the Arabs, spoken in Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, N Africa, etc. in various dialects.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Arabic language
adjective
Of or relating to Arabia, the Arabs, their language, or their culture.
American Heritage
Of Arabia.
Webster's New World
Of the Arabs or their language or culture.
Webster's New World
Designating an acid, C5H10O6, found in gum arabic.
Webster's New World
Related to the Arabic language.
Wiktionary
pronoun

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.

Wiktionary

The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.

Wiktionary

Origin of Arabic

  • From Latin arabicus.

    From Wiktionary

Arabic Sentence Examples

  • It shows considerable knowledge of Greek and Arabic thought (Avicenna).

  • His system was' adopted by Abu'l-walid ibn Jannah, of Saragossa (died early in the nth century), in his lexicon (Kitab al-usul, in Arabic) and other works.

  • The races speaking the languages akin to the ancient Assyrian, which are now mainly represented by Arabic, have been called Semitic, and occupy the countries south-west of Aryans.

  • On the Arab invasion this work was in great danger of perishing at the hands of the iconclastic caliph Omar and his generals, but it was fortunately preserved; and we find it in the 2nd century of the Hegira being paraphrased in Arabic by Abdallah ibn el Mokaffa, a learned Persian who had embraced Islam.

  • Firdousi's own education eminently qualified him for the gigantic task which he subsequently undertook, for he was profoundly versed in the Arabic language arid 1'itefature and had also studied deeply the Pahlavi or Old Persian, and was conversant with the ancient historical records which existed in that tongue.

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Words Starting With

AARARA

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CICBIC

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