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demotic in Arabic

شَعْبِيّ šaʕbiyy

/dɪˈmɒt.ɪk/US/dɪˈmɑ.tɪk/

demotic in Arabic: شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy), دَارِج (dārij). In English, demotic means of or for the common people.

Arabic words for demotic

of or for the common people
شَعْبِيّ šaʕbiyy, دَارِج dārij

English meaning of demotic

  1. adjective Of or for the common people.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or written in the ancient Egyptian script that developed from Lower Egyptian hieratic writing starting from around 650 BCE and was chiefly used to write the Demotic phase of the Egyptian language, with simplified and cursive characters that no longer corresponded directly to their hieroglyphic precursors.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
  4. noun Language as spoken or written by the common people.

Full definition of demotic

demotic in a sentence

  • demotic writing style
  • Near-synonym: vernacular

Synonyms of demotic

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Questions about demotic in Arabic

What is the meaning of demotic in Arabic?
Demotic in Arabic is شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy), دَارِج (dārij).
ما معنى كلمة demotic؟
Demotic: شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy), دَارِج (dārij).
What does demotic mean in English?
Demotic means of or for the common people.

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