ابجد

See also: أبجد‎, اتخذ‎, أتخذ‎, اتحد‎, and أتحد‎

Malay

Noun

ابجد (plural ابجد-ابجد or ابجد۲‎, informal 1st possessive ابجدکو‎, 2nd possessive ابجدمو‎, 3rd possessive ابجدڽ‎)

Jawi spelling of abjad

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَبْجَد‎ (ʔabjad), equivalent to the first four letters of the Perso-Arabic script in the traditional order: ‎ (vowel placeholder), ‎ (b), ‎ (j), ‎ (d).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /abd͡ʒað/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /abd͡ʒad/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æbd͡ʒæd/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /abd͡ʒad/

Noun

Iranian Persian	ابجد
Dari	ابجد
Tajik	абҷад (abjad)

ابجد • (abjad)

abjad
(figurative) ABC, nuts and bolts (elementary facts, simple truths)
- c. 1620, Mīr Dāmād Astarābādī, “Rubā’i 167”, in دیوانِ اشراق [Diwān-i išrāq]‎:
  ‏از لطف تو مشکل اشارات و شفا
  در مکتب علم ما یکی ابجد بود‎
  az lutf-i tu muškil-i išârât u šifâ
  dar maktab-i ilm-i mâ yakê abjad buwad
  By Your grace, the puzzle of the Directives and the Healing
  Has become an ABC in the school of our learning.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

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