abjad

American  

[ab-jad] / ˈæbˌdʒæd /

noun

Linguistics.

1. a system of writing, as in Hebrew and Arabic scripts, in which each symbol represents a consonantal sound, with few or no vowels being represented in the basic characters.

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Etymology

Origin of abjad

From Arabic ʾa(lif), b(āʾ), j(īm), d(āl), the first four letters of the Arabic script in its historical order; coined by U.S. linguist Peter T. Daniels (born 1951) in Fundamentals of Grammatology (1990); abugida ( def. )

Example Sentences

According to the abjad reckoning, the numerical value of each of these letters is 6, 1 and 6 respectively.

From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh

The abjad numerical equivalent of "Bahá" is nine.

From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh

Shoghi Effendi, The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh.20.According to the abjad reckoning, the letters of “shidád” total 309.

From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá

In the abjad notation the name ‘Muḥammad’ has the same numerical value as ‘Nabíl’.

From Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh

The abjad numerical value of this Arabic letter is five, which corresponds to the potential number of intercalary days.

From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh