What does "perso-arabic" mean?

Of or pertaining both to the Persian and the Arabic languages.; Relating to Persian vocabulary, particularly Persian words originally derived from Arabic, but often also including Persian terms not from Arabic.

How do you pronounce "perso-arabic"?

Pronounced //ˈpəɹsoʊ̯ˌæɹəbɪk//.

Perso-arabic

//ˈpəɹsoʊ̯ˌæɹəbɪk// adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining both to the Persian and the Arabic languages.; Relating to Persian vocabulary, particularly Persian words originally derived from Arabic, but often also including Persian terms not from Arabic. not-comparable
"Much of Urdu's vocabulary is of Perso-Arabic origin."
2
Of or pertaining both to the Persian and the Arabic languages.; Relating to the Persian alphabet and other varieties of the Arabic script derived from it. not-comparable
"The Perso-Arabic script is a writing system used in several Eastern languages."

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"The Dogri language once had its own script, but today it is written in Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts."

Etymology

From Perso- + Arabic.

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