How do you pronounce arabic?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæɹəbɪk/.

arabic

/ˈæɹəbɪk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: ara-bic
IPA: /ˈæɹəbɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Related to the Arabic language.

adj

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.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).

adj

Arab.

name

A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.

name

The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.

noun

A variety of the Arabic language.

noun

An Arab.

Example Sentences

"an Arabic translation"
"nuances of Arabic inflection"
"One day my UN students asked me, "Which is the Arabic country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not an Arab country!""
"Arabic numerals"
"White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule"."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin arabicusbor. English Arabic From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: arabicus, Ἀραβικός, عَرَب
Suffix: -ικός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæɹəbɪk/
British English: /ˈæɹəbɪk/

Inflected Forms

Arabical (alternative, archaic) Arabick (alternative, obsolete) Arabics (plural)

Derived Forms

Arabical Arabically Arabicization Arabicness Mozarabic arabin

Phrases

Algerian Arabic Andalusian Arabic Arabic numeral Arabic scale Arabic studies Bedawi Arabic Chadian Arabic Classical Arabic

Frequently Paired Words

arabic Roman Classical Arabic Modern Standard Arabic Wiktionary’s coverage of Arabic terms Arab Arabian

Synonyms

w:Arabic script w:Arabic alphabet arabic gum arabic language