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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, a. [L. Arabicus fr Arabia.] Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. {Arabic numerals} or {figures}, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0. {Gum arabic}. See under {Gum}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arabic \Ar"a*bic\, n. The language of the Arabians. Note: The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Mohammedans must read the Koran, and is spoken as a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Arabic adj : relating to or characteristic of Arabs; "Arabic languages" [syn: {Arabic}] n 1: the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects [syn: {Arabic}, {Arabic language}] 2: an alphabetic script used to write the Arabic dialects (and borrowed to write Urdu) [syn: {Arabic}, {Arabic script}]
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