abjad

English

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Etymology

Coined by Peter T. Daniels from the first four letters of the Arabic alphabet, a-b-j-d: أبجد (ʾábjad). Compare Greek α,β,γ,δ...

Noun

abjad (plural abjads)

1. (linguistics) A writing system, similar to a syllabary, in which there is one glyph (that is a symbol or letter) for each consonant or consonantal phoneme. Some languages that use abjads are Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu. Abjads differ from syllabaries (such as the Japanese hiragana) in that the vowel quality of each letter is left unspecified, and must be inferred from context and grammar.

Translations

writing system

• Arabic: أبجد (ar) ('ábjad) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輔音音素文字, 辅音音素文字 (fǔyīn yīnsù wénzì)

• Finnish: konsonanttikirjoitus (fi)
• French: abjad (fr) m
• German: Abdschad (de) m
• Hebrew: אבג'ד (he)
• Indonesian: abjad (id)

• Japanese: アブジャド (ja) (abujado), 子音文字 (ja) (shiin moji)
• Malay:

  Latin: abjad (ms)

  Arabic: ابجد (ms)

• Persian: ابجد (fa) (ābǧad)
• Russian: абджад (ru) (ábdžad, abdžád) m, консонантное письмо (ru) (konsonántnoje pis'mó) n
• Spanish: abyad (es) m, abjad (es)

See also

• abugida
• Appendix:Abjad numerals

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay abjad, from Arabic أبجد (ʔabjad).

Noun

abjad

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
2. abjad (writing system)

Synonyms

• aksara

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أبجد (ʔabjad).

Alternative forms

• ابجد

Pronunciation

• IPA: /abd͡ʒat/
• Rhymes: -abd͡ʒat

Noun

abjad

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
2. abjad (writing system)

Synonyms

• aksara / اکسارا

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic أبيض (ʾabyaḍ).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɐbjɐt/

Adjective

abjad (feminine bajda, plural bojod)

1. white