arabic

n. a language spoken by many people in the Middle East and North Africa.

n. a Central Semitic language spoken natively across the Middle East and North Africa, existing in various dialects alongside a standardized literary form.

“She is learning to speak Arabic because she wants to work in Cairo.”

“Modern Standard Arabic serves as the formal lingua franca across diverse regions, though local spoken dialects vary significantly from one another.”

n. the system of writing used for the Arabic language and some other languages.

n. the alphabet or writing system, derived from Aramaic, used for Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and several other languages.

“The artist used beautiful Arabic to decorate the walls of the building.”

“The manuscript was written in a flowing style of Arabic that was difficult for the students to decipher without help.”

adj. connected to the Arabic language or the culture of people who speak it.

adj. pertaining to the Arabic language, its script, or the cultural and historical output of the Arab world.

“We enjoyed listening to traditional Arabic music during the festival.”

“The professor specialized in medieval Arabic philosophy and its influence on European thought during the Renaissance.”

adj. the set of numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

adj. referring to the ten digits (0-9) used in the most common system for writing numbers worldwide.

“Most countries use Arabic numerals instead of Roman numerals today.”

“The transition from Roman to Arabic numerals revolutionized mathematics by introducing a more efficient positional notation system.”