1.
[syn: Arabic, Arabic language]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. relating to or characteristic of Arabs;
- Example: "Arabic languages"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
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Arabic numerals or figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3,
etc., and the cipher 0.
Gum arabic. See under Gum.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, n.
The language of the Arabians.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Arabic
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Arabs; "Arabic
languages"
n 1: the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of
dialects [syn: Arabic, Arabic language]