Meaning of Arabic | Babel Free

Definitions

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. A variety of the Arabic language.
3. Related to the Arabic language
4. Ellipsis of gum arabic.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, rare
5. The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.
6. An Arab.
   proscribed
7. 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
8. Ellipsis of Arabic numeral.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
9. Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective)
10. Arab
11. 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

Equivalents

Examples

“Egyptian Arabic”

“Eastern Arabic”

“translated from the Arabic”

“Classical Arabic – the language of the Qur’an – will make you understood everywhere, but colloquial Arabic may be more useful, because once the locals start conversing with each other, you’ll lose the plot.”

“We’d gone to Arabic school as children and taken lessons in the summer holidays, and I still read the news in Arabic, but it wasn’t like I practised reciting the written language any more, with its complex rhythms and grammatical structures.”

“Near-synonym: Arabic alphabet”

“He was speaking an Arabic that they'd never heard before and could barely understand.”

“That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber the arabics.”

“Classic Arabic didn't "turn into" the various Arabic vernaculars. There is disagreement over whether the range of spoken Arabics all have a single ancestor (seems unlikely), but Classical Arabic is a somewhat artificial creation based on at least two dialects.”

“A novel writer will usually spell out Arabics from one to nine, to accord with the tone of the genre.”

“Gum arabic is known as a lower viscosity gum, with high emulsification properties. […] these alternatives are still not totally as effective as gum arabic and when pricing and availability of arabic comes back in line, many switch back,[…]”

“Gum arabic has been an effective substitute but less expensive replacements comprising a spray-dried blend of modified […] Ranganna and Ranghuramaiah described the use of arabic as a cloud stabilizer in orange squash beverages,[…] The arabic coating protected the fumaric acid and improved its solubility. Similar granulated condiments containing extruded meat flavoring ingredients were protected by coating them with non-hygroscopic gum arabic.[…]”

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