Ar"a*bic , n. The language of the Arabians.
&fist; The Arabic is a
Semitic language, allied to the
Hebrew. It is very widely diffused, being the language in which all Mohammedans must read the
Koran, and is spoken as
a vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern Africa.
Ar"a*bic (&?;), a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the
Arabians.
Arabic numerals or figures, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3, etc., and the cipher 0. -- Gum arabic. See under Gum.
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