<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, belonging to, or derived from the language or literature of the Arabs</li><li>noting, pertaining to, or derived from an alphabetic script in which etymologically short vowels are not normally represented, 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</li><li>of or relating to Arabs</li><li>of or relating to Arabia or its inhabitants; Arabian</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a Semitic language that developed out of the language of the Arabians of the time of Muhammad, now spoken in countries of the Middle East and North Africa</li><li>Ar., Ar. the standard literary and classical language as established by the Quran</li></ul>