Relating to the Arab people, their language, or culture. As a noun, refers to the Semitic language spoken across the Middle East and North Africa.
From Latin Arabicus, from Greek Arabikos, ultimately from Arab, the name of the people. The language name entered English in the 14th century, referring to both the classical and various dialectal forms.
Arabic gave English hundreds of words including 'algebra,' 'alcohol,' 'sugar,' and 'zero'—revealing the profound influence of Arab scholars on mathematics, science, and trade. The Arabic script is written right-to-left, yet Arabic numerals (which we use today) actually flow left-to-right.
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