Category:Arabic (Language)

This language is the official spoken language in the PATRIARCAT DE JÉRUSALEM.

This language is spoken by more than one billion people, and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

See Also

Ar"a*bic, a. Etym: [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]

Defn: 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.

Ar"a*bic, n.

Defn: The language of the Arabians.

Note: 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.

Arabic Rosary Prayers