1. [n]  an alphabetic script used to write the Arabic dialects (and borrowed to write Urdu)
2. [n]  the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
3. [adj]  relating to or characteristic of Arabs; "Arabic languages"

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1. \Ar"a*bic\, a. [L. Arabicus, fr. Arabia.]
   Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
   {Arabic numerals} or {figures}, the nine digits, 1, 2, 3,
      etc., and the cipher 0.
   {Gum arabic}. See under {Gum}.
   

2. \Ar"a*bic\, n.
   The language of the Arabians.
   Note: The Arabic is a Semitic language, allied to the Hebrew.
         It is very widely diffused, being the language in which
         all Mohammedans must read the Koran, and is spoken as a
         vernacular tongue in Arabia, Syria, and Northern
         Africa.