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Abjad
Meaning
Noun
●
In Writing systems:
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
vowels
are not specified.
●
In Linguistics & Writing systems:
Any
writing system
in which
glyphs
are used to
represent
consonants
or
consonantal
phonemes
, but not vowels.
●
The system of
abjad numerals
; 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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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Consonantary
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