abjad

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Synonyms: aboad, abad, amjad

Antonyms: aboad, abad, amjad

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Noun

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 [[vowel]]s are not specified.
2. {{lb|en|linguistics}} Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.
3. The system of [[abjad]] [[numeral]]s; 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]].

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