abjad in Arabic
أَبْجَد ʔabjad
/ˈæbˌd͡ʒæd/
abjad in Arabic: أَبْجَد (ʔabjad). In English, abjad means a writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
Arabic words for abjad
- writing system
- أَبْجَد ʔabjad
English meaning of abjad
- noun A writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
- noun Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.
- noun The system of abjad numerals; a numeral system in which the letters of the Arabic abjad are interpreted as numerals, typically used to enumerate lists and nested lists, as well as in numerology.
Synonyms of abjad
abjad in other languages
Questions about abjad in Arabic
- What is the meaning of abjad in Arabic?
- Abjad in Arabic is أَبْجَد (ʔabjad).
- ما معنى كلمة abjad؟
- Abjad: أَبْجَد (ʔabjad).
- What does abjad mean in English?
- Abjad means a writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
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