Classical Arabic

English

Etymology

classical +‎ Arabic

Proper noun

Classical Arabic (uncountable)

1. The form of the Arabic language used in literary texts in 7th to 9th centuries. It is based on the Medieval dialects of Arab tribes, and is the language of the Qur'an.

Related terms

• Modern Standard Arabic
• Fusha

Translations

Classical Arabic

• Arabic: اَلْفُصْحَى f (al-fuṣḥā), فُصْحَى اَلتُّرَاث f (fuṣḥā t-turāṯ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古典阿拉伯語／古典阿拉伯语 (gǔdiǎn ālābóyǔ), 古典阿拉伯语 (gǔdiǎn Ālābóyǔ)

• Czech: klasická arabština f
• Finnish: klassinen arabia
• French: arabe classique m
• German: klassisches Arabisch (de) n
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• Japanese: 古典アラビア語 (koten Arabia-go)
• Malay: bahasa Arab Klasik, bahasa Arab al-Quran
• Polish: klasyczny język arabski m
• Portuguese: árabe clássico m
• Russian: класси́ческий ара́бский язы́к m (klassíčeskij arábskij jazýk), класси́ческий ара́бский литерату́рный язы́к m (klassíčeskij arábskij literatúrnyj jazýk), КАЛЯ m (KALJa)
• Spanish: árabe clásico (es) m, árabe culto m