Translation of "abjad" into Scots

abjad is the translation of "abjad" into Scots.

abjad noun grammar

(linguistics) A writing system, similar to a syllabary, in which there is one glyph (that is a symbol or letter) for each consonant or consonantal phoneme. Some languages that use abjads are Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu. Abjads differ from syllabaries (such as the Japanese hiragana) in that the vowel quality of each letter is left unspecified, and must be inferred from context and grammar. [..]

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  • abjad

    type of writing system where each symbol stands for a consonant

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