Arabic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 External links

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈærəbɪk/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɛrəbɪk/ or /ˈærəbɪk/
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[edit] Adjective

Arabic (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).

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[edit] Proper noun

Singular Arabic

Plural -

Arabic

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. (ISO abbreviations: ar, ara)
2. The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.

[edit] Derived terms

• Mozarabic

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[edit] See also

Wikibooks

• Category:Arabic language for words in Arabic
• Arabic edition of Wiktionary
• Arabic language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Arabic language
• Appendix:Arabic script
• Arab
• Arabian

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue entry for Arabic macrolanguage, ISO 639-3 code ara
• Ethnologue entry for Standard Arabic, ISO 639-3 code arb
• Arabic–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary