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Arabic

Arabic

60 4.2
The language spoken by Arabs and used in the Qur'an
  • noun
  • /ˈærəbɪk/
translation icon : árabe
  • My dad also taught me Arabic so I can read Arabic.
  • speak Arabic
  • learn Arabic
  • written in Arabic

My dad also taught me Arabic so I can read Arabic.

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Examples

  • They may need to learn Arabic to understand the Quran.

  • They spoke Arabic, which left a strong mark on modern Spanish.

  • How do you say hello in Arabic here?

  • Do you speak Arabic, Jim?

  • My Arabic was never very good... but the sound and feel of the words brought me closer to God.

  • Did you speak much Arabic before going to Egypt?

  • The undertaken study reveals that students hold more positive attitudes toward Standard Arabic as compared to English.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The word neon is an amalgamation of the ancient Greek word for new and the Arabic word for future.

  • An unarmed woman surveyed Ahmet for a moment and, in Arabic, asked him to come with her.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • How do you say hello in Arabic here?

Compounds

A symbol from 0 to 9 used to write numbers

gum arabic
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A sticky natural substance from the acacia tree used to thicken foods, candies, and medicines

A set of 28 letters used to write Arabic and other languages like Urdu

A symbol for the numbers zero to nine used in decimal counting

Surface Forms

Arabic singular
Arabics plural

Etymology

Arabic as the name of the language is taken from the people Arab and the land Arabia, where the language began, so Arabic is 'the language of the Arabs' and is also the language of the Qur'an.