arabic

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: ArabicArabic language

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialectsSynonyms: ArabicArabic language

Adjective (1)

  1. relating to or characteristic of Arabs“Arabic languages”Synonyms: Arabic
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.] Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. [1913 Webster]

Arabic numerals or figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0.

Gum arabic. See under Gum. [1913 Webster]

Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, n. The language of the Arabians. [1913 Webster]

Note: The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Moslems must read the Koran, and is spoken as a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa. [1913 Webster]

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