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Perso-Arabic

Adjective

Meaning

Perso-Arabic (not comparable)

Related to the Persian alphabet or to a mixture of Persian and Arab influences, especially of language.
Much of Urdu's vocabulary is of Perso-Arabic origin.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Since Tajikistan gained independence, there has been a public debate about whether Tajiki should revert to the Perso-Arabic script. Source: Internet

Such publishers have introduced new orthographic features into Devanagari for the purpose of representing the Perso-Arabic etymology of Urdu words. Source: Internet

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