Arabic
Script read rightward
Arabic is the Semitic language spoken across the Middle East and North Africa, the liturgical language of Islam, and one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
Arabic script, written right to left, is also used for Persian, Urdu, and other languages.
As an adjective, Arabic describes things relating to the language or Arab peoples: Arabic poetry, Arabic numerals—the digits 0-9 that replaced Roman numerals in Western mathematics.
Ornamental handwriting art
- inkWriting fluid
- nibPen's writing tip
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- scrollWound document of parchment
diacritics · cursive · right-to-left · letters · alphabet · penmanship · flourish · ornamentation
Of Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- AramaicAncient Semitic language
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- AmharicEthiopian national language
- MalteseFrom the island near Sicily
dialect · classical · colloquial · grammar · morphology · root · trilateral · vocabulary
Generous treatment of guests
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- oudAromatic heartwood or plucked instrument
- hennaPlant-derived body dye
- soukTraditional Arab market
tradition · music · cuisine · spices · dates · incense · falconry · keffiyeh
Numerical absence of quantity
- digitsSingle-place numerals
- decimalTenths-based notation
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
algebra · notation · calculation · cipher · counting · positional
Named oceanic inlet
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
- MaghrebNorthwest African region
- SaudiKingdom citizen of Arabia
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
Morocco · Jordan · Lebanon · Iraq · Syria · Yemen · Oman · Qatar
calligraphy
Ornamental handwriting art
- inkWriting fluid
- nibPen's writing tip
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
scroll · diacritics · cursive · right-to-left · letters · alphabet · penmanship · flourish · ornamentation · elegance
Semitic
Of Hebrew or Arabic peoples
Maltese · dialect · classical · colloquial · grammar · morphology · root · trilateral · vocabulary · loanwords
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
souk · tradition · music · cuisine · spices · dates · incense · falconry · keffiyeh · thobe
zero
Numerical absence of quantity
- digitsSingle-place numerals
- decimalTenths-based notation
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
algorithm · algebra · notation · calculation · cipher · counting · positional
Gulf
Named oceanic inlet
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
- MaghrebNorthwest African region
- SaudiKingdom citizen of Arabia
Egypt · Morocco · Jordan · Lebanon · Iraq · Syria · Yemen · Oman · Qatar · Kuwait
poetry
Metrical literary composition
couplet · meter · Rumi · prose · storytelling · allegory · imagery · eloquence · rhetoric · proverb
Palmyra
Syrian desert oasis city
- PetraRock-carved Jordanian ruins
- pre-IslamicBefore Muslim civilization
- BedouinMiddle Eastern nomadic herder
caravan · inscriptions · epigraphy · antiquity · nomadic · tribal · oasis
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
- languagesEnglish, Chinese, German, French, Japanese
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- North AfricaMorocco, Algeria, Marrakech, Tripoli, Tunis
- writing systemsalphabet, vowel, alphabets, Cyrillic alphabet, consonant
- Arab cultureBedouin, emir, Baghdad, Mecca, Hajj
Arabicleft-to-right
Proceeding toward the right
Latin script · Roman alphabet · Greek · Cyrillic · English
- Saudi ArabiaGulf kingdom, largest Arabian state
- Arab AmericanAmerican of Arab ancestry
- Arabian NightsMedieval Middle Eastern folklore anthology
- United Arab EmiratesGulf peninsula federation
- Arabian SeaOcean between India and Oman
- Arabian camelOne-humped domesticated desert mammal
Arabization, Arabian, Arab, Arabia, Arabians, Arabic numerals, Arabic numeral, Arabic alphabet