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ARABIC LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
Synonyms:
Arabic; Arabic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Arabic language" is a kind of...):
Semitic (a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family)
Domain member category:
abaya ((Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women)
mukataa (an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center)
bayat (an oath of allegiance to an emir)
Mashriq (Arabic name for the Middle East)
shaheed (Arabic term for holy martyrs)