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Modern Standard Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic proper noun: the standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech in the Arab world since c. the 19th century.

Proper noun

Modern Standard Arabic (uncountable)

  1. The standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech in the Arab world since c. the 19th century.

Modern Standard Arabic meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic in Hindi

Modern Standard Arabic
आधुनिक मानक अरबी ādhunik mānak arabī

Modern Standard Arabic in Urdu

Modern Standard Arabic
جَدِید مِعْیاری عَرَبی jadīd mi'yārī 'arabī

Modern Standard Arabic in Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic
الْفُصْحَى al-fuṣḥā, فُصْحَى الْعَصْر fuṣḥā l-ʕaṣr

Questions about Modern Standard Arabic

What does Modern Standard Arabic mean?
Modern Standard Arabic means the standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech in the Arab world since c. the 19th century.
What is Modern Standard Arabic in Hindi?
Modern Standard Arabic in Hindi is आधुनिक मानक अरबी (ādhunik mānak arabī). See Modern Standard Arabic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Modern Standard Arabic?
Modern Standard Arabic is a proper noun.

Words near Modern Standard Arabic in the dictionary

  1. modern primitive
  2. modern primitives
  3. modern ruin
  4. modern ruins
  5. Modern South Arabian
  6. Modern Standard Arabic
  7. modern studies
  8. modern synthesis
  9. modern times
  10. Modern Tupí
  11. Modern Turkish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Modern Standard Arabic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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