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Arabisms

Arabisms is the plural of Arabism.

Meaning of Arabism

Noun

Arabism (plural Arabisms)

  1. (rhetoric) An idiom characteristic of the Arabic language.
    • The translator, Joseph-Charles Mardrus, knew Arabic and he used some Arabic texts as the basis of his rewriting of the collection of ancient Eastern tales which he titled, in a daring Arabism in French, Les Mille Nuits et Une Nuit […]2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 111

Questions about Arabisms

What is Arabisms the plural of?
Arabisms is the plural of Arabism.

Words near Arabisms in the dictionary

  1. Arabised
  2. Arabises
  3. Arabish
  4. Arabising
  5. Arabism
  6. Arabisms
  7. Arabist
  8. Arabistan
  9. Arabistani
  10. Arabists
  11. arabitol

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