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alphabet in Arabic

حُرُوف هِجَاء ḥurūf hijāʔ

UK/ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/

alphabet in Arabic: حُرُوف هِجَاء (ḥurūf hijāʔ), أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), أَلِفْبَاء (ʔalifbāʔ), أَلِفْبَائِيَّة (ʔalifbāʔiyya). In English, alphabet means the set of letters used when writing in a language.

Arabic words for alphabet

an ordered set of letters used in a language
حُرُوف هِجَاء ḥurūf hijāʔ, أَبْجَد ʔabjad, أَلِفْبَاء ʔalifbāʔ, أَلِفْبَائِيَّة ʔalifbāʔiyya, أَبْجَدِيَّة ʔabjadiyya

English meaning of alphabet

  1. noun The set of letters used when writing in a language.
  2. noun A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.).
  3. noun A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.).
  4. noun A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.

Full definition of alphabet

alphabet in a sentence

  • The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
  • In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.
  • Let L be a regular language over the alphabet #92;Sigma.

Synonyms of alphabet

alphabet in other languages

Questions about alphabet in Arabic

What is the meaning of alphabet in Arabic?
Alphabet in Arabic is حُرُوف هِجَاء (ḥurūf hijāʔ), أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), أَلِفْبَاء (ʔalifbāʔ), أَلِفْبَائِيَّة (ʔalifbāʔiyya).
ما معنى كلمة alphabet؟
Alphabet: حُرُوف هِجَاء (ḥurūf hijāʔ), أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), أَلِفْبَاء (ʔalifbāʔ), أَلِفْبَائِيَّة (ʔalifbāʔiyya).
What does alphabet mean in English?
Alphabet means the set of letters used when writing in a language.

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