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# arabic

proper noun (Arabic — the language); adjective (Arabic — about Arabs, their language or culture); arabic numerals

«arabic» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Arabic is the language spoken by many millions of people in the Middle East and North Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#m1)
2. Arabic describes things connected with the Arabic language, Arabs and their culture, like Arabic writing or Arabic food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#m2)
3. Arabic numerals are the usual number signs 0 to 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths the digits 0, 1, 2 ... 9 are called Arabic numerals (they came to Europe through Arabic scholars, from older Indian numbers), as opposed to Roman numerals (I, V, X). In geography and languages, Arabic is written from right to left with its own alphabet. In everyday life many families speak Arabic at home.

### Examples

- Arabic is written from right to left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#x1)
- My friend Layla speaks Arabic and English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#x2)
- We use Arabic numerals like 7 and 9, not Roman ones like VII. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#x3)
- The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#x4)
- Arabic is spoken in Egypt, Morocco and many other countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#x5)
- The mosque has beautiful Arabic writing on the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#x6)
- Reassured by the nature of their occupation, I advanced towards them and they greeted me in Arabic, asking who I was and whence I came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/#x7)

### Note

Usually written with a capital A. Arabic is a language; Arab is a person or people («an Arab»); Arabian is used for some places and things («the Arabian Desert», «Arabian horse»). Not all Muslims speak Arabic.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths the digits 0, 1, 2 ... 9 are called Arabic numerals (they came to Europe through Arabic scholars, from older Indian numbers), as opposed to Roman numerals (I, V, X). In geography and languages, Arabic is written from right to left with its own alphabet. In everyday life many families speak Arabic at home.

### Examples

- Tiie so-called Arabic alphabet consisted originally of only seventen letters. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arabic/#x1)
- The Arabic alphabet consisted originally of the following seventeen letters:") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arabic/#x2)
- As the Arabic numeral system of notation, the vowels, and the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arabic/#x3)

### Note

Usually written with a capital A. Arabic is a language; Arab is a person or people («an Arab»); Arabian is used for some places and things («the Arabian Desert», «Arabian horse»). Not all Muslims speak Arabic.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «arabic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arabic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arabic.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «arabic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arabic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arabic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/arabic.html) on Mova free.