abjad

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic أَبْجَد (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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæbˌd͡ʒæd/, /ˈɑbˌd͡ʒɑd/ === Noun === abjad (plural abjads) 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. (linguistics) Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels. 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. 1971, Mohibbul Hasan, History of Tipu Sultan, Aakar Books, 2nd Edition, 2005 Reprint, page 399, The other names had no significance, except that the initial letter of each month denoted its place in the calendar according to the abjad system, which assigned a certain numerical power to every letter in the alphabet. ==== Synonyms ==== (writing system with a glyph for each consonant): consonantary ==== Hypernyms ==== (linguistics): signary ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === abugida abgad; halaham / halḥam (alphabetic orders) Appendix:Abjad numerals, abjad numeral === Further reading === Abjad numerals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Abjad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === adjab == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay abjad, from Classical Malay ابجد (abjad), from Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈabd͡ʒad/ [ˈap̚.d͡ʒat̪̚] Syllabification: ab‧jad === Noun === abjad alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language) Synonyms: aksara, alfabet abjad (writing system) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “abjad”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ap.d͡ʒat] Rhymes: -d͡ʒat, -at Hyphenation: ab‧jad === Noun === abjad (Jawi spelling ابجد, plural abjad-abjad or abjad2) An ordered set of letters used in a language; an alphabet. Synonym: alfabet (informal) abjad Inggeris ― English alphabet An abjad: (linguistics) A writing system where all the letters only represents consonants. The Arabic alphabet. The Arabic abjad numeral system. ==== Affixations ==== ==== Compounds ==== ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: abjad === References === "abjad" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Maltese == === Etymology === Inherited from Arabic أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈab.jat/ Rhymes: -abjat === Adjective === abjad (feminine singular bajda, plural bojod) white pale calm (of water) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === == Portuguese == === Noun === abjad m (plural abjads) (orthography) abjad (writing system with a symbol for each consonant) == Spanish == === Alternative forms === abyad === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abˈxad/ [aβ̞ˈxað̞] Rhymes: -ad Syllabification: ab‧jad === Noun === abjad m (plural abjades) (linguistics) abjad (writing system with a symbol for each consonant)