Arabic

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Related to the Arabic language.
2. (not-comparable) Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
3. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
4. (not-comparable, proscribed) Arab.

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 script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.

Noun

1. A variety of the Arabic language.
2. (proscribed) An Arab.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Arabic numeral.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæɹ.ə.bɪk/

Etymology

From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic.

Synonyms

Arabian

Arab

Arabic language

ISO

𐐇𐑉𐐲𐐺𐐮𐐿

Perso-Arabic

Swahili

Arabic (Nastaliq variant)

arabesque

DOS

Translations

arabe

Arabisch

arabo

árabe

arabisch

árabe

Arabisch

Arapça

العربية

arabski

àrab

αραβικός

Arap

Αραβικά

arabique