Arabic alphabet

Noun

Meaning

the alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

arabic arabic graphic design arabic letterform arabic type arabic character set arabic font arabic glyph arabic glyphs arabic graph arabic grapheme arabic graphemes arabic language design arabic language system arabic letter system arabic lettering
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Hypernyms

alphabet unicameral script

Examples

Algerians mostly use the Neo-Tifinagh or Berber Arabic alphabet, with the Berber Latin alphabet being taught at schools. Source: Internet

Format SATTS employs all the Latin alphabetic letters except P, plus four punctuation marks, for a total of 29 symbols (all the letters of the Arabic alphabet, plus the glottal-stop symbol hamzah). Source: Internet

Arabic alphabet and nationalism There have been many instances of national movements to convert Arabic script into Latin script or to Romanize the language. Source: Internet

However, this effort failed as the Egyptian people felt a strong cultural tie to the Arabic alphabet. Source: Internet

In particular, the older Egyptian generations believed that the Arabic alphabet had strong connections to Arab values and history, which is easy to believe due to the long history of the Arabic alphabet (Shrivtiel, 189). Source: Internet

In this system each letter of Arabic alphabet has a numerical value. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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