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ARABIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
Synonyms:
Arabic; Arabic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Arabic" is a kind of...):
Semitic (a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family)
Domain member category:
abaya ((Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women)
mukataa (an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center)
bayat (an oath of allegiance to an emir)
Mashriq (Arabic name for the Middle East)
shaheed (Arabic term for holy martyrs)
Derivation:
Arabic (relating to or characteristic of Arabs)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of Arabs
Example:
Arabic languages
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Arab (a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa)
Derivation:
Arabic (the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects)
