I. ˈarəbik also ˈer- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English arabik, from Middle French arabic, from Latin Arabicus, from Arabus Arab + -icus -ic — more at arab
1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Arabia
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Arabs
3. : of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting the language Arabic
4. : of, relating to, constituting, or written in the Arabic alphabet
5. : expressed in or utilizing arabic numerals
21 is an Arabic number
Arabic notation
II. noun
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Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Middle English arabik, from Middle French arabic, from arabic, adjective
: a Semitic language originally of the Arabs of the Hejaz and Nejd that is now the prevailing speech of Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and parts of northern Africa and that has numerous dialects but in the written form usually conforms to the classical standards of the Koran — see afro-asiatic languages table