Definition of abjad - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

script type

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writing system that uses symbols for consonant sounds but not vowel sounds

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Hebrew is often described as an abjad.

Arabic script

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Arabic writing system that mainly shows consonants and can leave out vowels

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The manuscript uses abjad with vowel marks added for clarity.

numbering

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system that gives number values to Arabic letters

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The chapter headings use abjad to label the sections.

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Origin of abjad

Arabic, abjad (alphabetic order)

Examples of abjad in a sentence

The course compared an abjad with an alphabet.
Students learned to read the abjad before studying vowel marks.
The sign was written in abjad without any vowel symbols.
The manuscript dates the event using abjad values.
Footnotes mark the verses with abjad numerals.

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French:abjad, système d'écriture consonantique, ...
German:Abjad, Abjad-Zahlensystem, ...
Italian:abjad, scrittura consonantica, ...
Spanish:abjad, ...
Portuguese:abjad, escrita consonântica árabe, ...
Chinese:辅音音素文字, 阿拉伯辅音文字, ...
Japanese:アブジャド, 母音を省略できる子音字主体の文字体系, ...
Arabic:أَبْجَدِيَّة, نِظامٌ أَبْجَدِيّ, ...
Hebrew:אַבְגַ׳ד, אַבְּגַ'ד, ...
Russian:абджад, арабский абджад, ...
Ukrainian:абджад, арабський абджад, ...
Hindi:अब्दजद, ...
Bengali:আবজাদ, স্বরবর্ণ-ঐচ্ছিক ব্যঞ্জনভিত্তিক আরবি লিখনপদ্ধতি, ...
Catalan:abjad, ...
Czech:abdžad, systém číselných hodnot arabských písmen, ...
Danish:en abjad, et konsonantbaseret skriftsystem, ...
Dutch:abjad, Arabisch medeklinkerschrift, ...
Greek:αμπτζάντ, αραβική συμφωνογραφική γραφή, ...
Hungarian:abdzsad, abdzsad-számértékrendszer, ...
Khmer:អាប់ចាដ, ប្រព័ន្ធអក្សរសរសេរដែលផ្តោតលើព្យញ្ជនៈ, ...
Korean:아브자드, 모음을 생략할 수 있는 자음 중심 문자 체계, ...
Persian:ابجد, ابجد عربی, ...
Polish:abżad, system liczbowych wartości liter arabskich, ...
Portuguese (BR):abjad, sistema de escrita árabe predominantemente consonantal, ...
Romanian:abjad, sistem de scriere arab consonantic, ...
Swedish:en abjad, ett abjadsystem, ...
Thai:อับญัด, ระบบอักษรอาหรับที่เขียนพยัญชนะเป็นหลักและอาจไม่เขียนสระ, ...
Turkish:ebced, ...
Vietnamese:abjad, abjad Ả Rập, ...

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