Arabic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]
     Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
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     {Arabic numerals} or {figures}, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3,
        etc., and the cipher 0.


  
     {Gum arabic}. See under {Gum}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, n.
     The language of the Arabians.
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     Note: The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew.
           It is very widely diffused, being the language in which
           all Moslems must read the Koran, and is spoken as a
           vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern
           Africa.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Arabic
       adj : relating to or characteristic of Arabs; "Arabic languages"
       n : the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of
           dialects [syn: {Arabic language}]