abjad

Meaning

1. A writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
2. Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.
3. The system of abjad numerals; a numeral system in which the letters of the Arabic abjad are interpreted as numerals, typically used to enumerate lists and nested lists, as well as in numerology.

Synonyms

Farsi

Western Farsi

Translations

abjad

Abdschad

abyad

أبجد

abjad

Persisch

Konsonantenschrift

περσικά

φαρσί

persan

persiano

abjad

farisî

فارسی

Perzisch

Etymology

Cognate with English: ABC

In summary

From Arabic أبجد (ʔabjad), the term for the traditional ordering of the Arabic script (from the first four letters: أ (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), د (d)). Compare English ABC and alphabet.
Linguistics sense coined by Peter T. Daniels.