abjad

Noun

abjad (plural abjads)

1. 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.
2. (linguistics) Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.
   • Languages that use abjads include Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu. Abjads differ from syllabaries (such as the Japanese hiragana) in that the vowel quality of each letter is left unspecified, and must be inferred from context and grammar.
3. 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈapd͡ʒat]
• Hyphenation: ab‧jad

Noun

abjad (first-person possessive abjadku, second-person possessive abjadmu, third-person possessive abjadnya)

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
   • Synonyms: aksara, alfabet
2. abjad (writing system)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /abd͡ʒat/

Noun

abjad (Jawi spelling ابجد‎, plural abjad-abjad, informal 1st possessive abjadku, 2nd possessive abjadmu, 3rd possessive abjadnya)

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
2. abjad (writing system)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈab.jat/

Adjective

abjad (feminine singular bajda, plural bojod)

1. white
2. pale
3. calm (of water)

Noun

abjad m (plural abjads)

1. (orthography) abjad (writing system with a symbol for each consonant)

Alternative forms

• abyad

Pronunciation

• IPA: /abˈxad/ [aβ̞ˈxað̞]
• Syllabification: ab‧jad

Noun

abjad m (plural abjades)

1. (linguistics) abjad (writing system)