What is the difference between semitic and arabic?
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Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic : Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
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# (biblical) Of or pertaining to the descendants of .
# (in particular) Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
# Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.
#* 1893 , George Thomas Bettany, Mohammedanism and Other Religions of Mediterranean Countries , page 45:
#* 2011 , Makau Mutua, ''Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique, page 114:
#* 2005 , Xavier William, World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality , page 45:
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Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
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A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.
The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.
As adjectives the difference between semitic and arabic
is that semitic is of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc while Arabic is related to the Arabic language.As proper nouns the difference between semitic and arabic
is that semitic is the Semitic languages in general while Arabic is a major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.semitic
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* semitic, Shemitic, shemiticAdjective
(-)- On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians.
- Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions.
- The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa.
- In contrast to these Semitic religions some religions of Indian origin like Buddhism and Jainism, are pacifist to the extent of banning the killing of animals even for food.
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* Arabick (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- One day my UN students asked me, "Which is the Arabic' country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not an ' Arab country!"
- White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon''" and "''Lebs rule ".