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Arabical

Arabical is the archaic form of Arabic.

Meaning of Arabic

Adjective

Arabic (not comparable)

  1. Related to the Arabic language.
    • an Arabic translation
  2. Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
    • Arabic numerals
  3. Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
    • White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule".2012, Deborah Youdell, “Intelligibility, agency and the raced–nationed–religioned subjects of education”, in Intersectionality and "Race" in Education, →ISBN, page 202
  4. (proscribed) Arab.
    • I saw that in my workplace black co-workers had to unite with Arabic and white workers just to be able to win better wages and working conditions and certainly to be able to win a strike.1987 February 22, Dallas Williams, “Black, Gay and Red”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 5

See all 10 meanings of arabic

Forms of Arabical

comparativemore Arabical
superlativemost Arabical

Questions about Arabical

What is Arabical the archaic form of?
Arabical is the archaic form of Arabic.

Words near Arabical in the dictionary

  1. arabic numerals
  2. Arabic scale
  3. Arabic scales
  4. Arabic studies
  5. arabica
  6. Arabical
  7. Arabically
  8. arabicas
  9. arabicise
  10. arabicised
  11. arabicises

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