Arabic

Meaning

Adj

1. Related to the Arabic language.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).

Name

1. A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.
2. The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.

Noun

1. A variety of the Arabic language.
2. An Arab.

Synonyms

Arabian

Arab

Arabic language

ISO

𐐇𐑉𐐲𐐺𐐮𐐿

Perso-Arabic

Swahili

Arabic (Nastaliq variant)

arabesque

DOS

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæɹ.ə.bɪk/

Etymology

From Latin arabicus, from Arabia + -icus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía), ultimately from the Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).