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Arabic
1. A Semitic language of the Arabs, related to Hebrew, and is spoken primarily in Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and North Africa.
2. Of or relating to Arabia, the Arabs, their language, or their culture.
3. Belonging to, or derived from the language or literature of Arabs.
4. Noting, pertaining to, or in the alphabetical script used for the writing of Arabic probably since about the fourth century A.D., and adopted with modifications by Persian, Urdu, and many other languages.
2. Of or relating to Arabia, the Arabs, their language, or their culture.
3. Belonging to, or derived from the language or literature of Arabs.
4. Noting, pertaining to, or in the alphabetical script used for the writing of Arabic probably since about the fourth century A.D., and adopted with modifications by Persian, Urdu, and many other languages.
A distinguishing feature of this script is the fact that etymologically short vowels are not normally represented.
5. A reference to such terms as Arab and Arabian.
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English Words from Arabic origins
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Hindu-Arabic numerals
The number system in use throughout most of the world today, which uses ten digits, including zero.
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Science and Technology Words from the Ancient Past to the Present, Part 1
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