Arabic

== English == === Alternative forms === Arabical (archaic) Arabick (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæɹəbɪk/ (Standard Southern British, Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈaɹəbɪk/ (US) (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈæɹəbɪk/ (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹəbɪk/ (Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaɾəbɪk/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹəbək/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ərəˈbɪk/, /ˈarəbɪk/, /əˈrabɪk/ === Adjective === Arabic (not comparable) Related to the Arabic language. an Arabic translation;   nuances of Arabic inflection (of numerals) 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. Alternative form: arabic Coordinate terms: Roman, roman Arabic numerals Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective). (proscribed, of people) Arab. ==== Usage notes ==== The adjective Arabic is commonly used in reference to language, and in traditional phrases such as Arabic numeral or gum arabic. Its use is controversial and often deprecated in reference to people or countries, where the adjective Arab is preferred. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Arabic 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. Egyptian Arabic;   Eastern Arabic;   translated from the Arabic The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others. Synonym: Arabic script Near-synonym: Arabic alphabet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (language): Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Wiktionary’s coverage of Arabic terms Appendix:Arabic Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Arabic Arabic edition of Wiktionary Arabic language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Appendix:Arabic script Arab Arabian === Noun === Arabic (plural Arabics) A variety of the Arabic language. (proscribed) An Arab. Ellipsis of Arabic numeral. Alternative form: arabic === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code ar, ISO 639-3 code ara (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Arabic, ara ⁠, a macrolanguage including: “Arabic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Barcia, carabi