arabic

[Ar·a*bic]

The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects

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Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

Noun
the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects

Adjective
relating to or characteristic of Arabs; "Arabic languages"


a.
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

n.
The language of the Arabians.


Arabic

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.

Arabic

Ar"a*bic, n. The language of the Arabians. &hand; 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.

Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

The language of the Arabians.

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Usage Examples

I want the Arabic Granada, that which is art, which is all that seems to me beauty and emotion.

I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.

When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.

I have a lot of nice Italian winter clothes that make me look like a sophisticated Lebanese professor, so my friend Robert and I go around pretending to be experts in Arabic politics. It doesn't work in the summer though. I don't have the right clothes.

I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic.

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