abjad
A writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which…A writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
» I have already learned to write the Abjad.
Meaning
3 sensesA writing system for Arabic, historically also employed as a numeral system, in which there is one glyph (symbol or letter) for each consonant but vowels are not specified.
Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.
Abdschad, Abjad, Konsonantenschrift
абджа́дabdžád, а́бджадábdžad, консона́нтное письмо́konsonántnoje pisʹmó
The system of abjad numerals; a numeral system in which the letters of the Arabic abjad are interpreted as numerals, typically used to enumerate lists and nested lists, as well as in numerology.
Examples
2 sentencesI have already learned to write the Abjad.
We will learn the Abjad in this lesson.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), the term for the traditional ordering of the ArabicBorrowed from Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), the term for the traditional ordering of the Arabic script (from the first four letters: أ (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), د (d)). Compare English ABC and alphabet.
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