abjad

[网络] 辅音音素文字；辅音型的拼音文字；辅音字母

发音

/ˈæbˌd͡ʒæd/
/ˈɑbˌd͡ʒɑd/

词形变化

abjads 复数 abjads

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

  2. 2.

    Any writing system in which glyphs are used to represent consonants or consonantal phonemes, but not vowels.

    语言学

    Languages that use abjads include 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.

  3. 3.

    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.

    1971, Mohibbul Hasan, History of Tipu Sultan, Aakar Books, 2nd Edition, 2005 Reprint, page 399, The other names had no significance, except that the initial letter of each month denoted its place in the calendar according to the abjad system, which assigned a certain numerical power to every letter in the alphabet.

词源

From Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), the term for the traditional ordering of the Arabic script (from the first four letters: أ (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), د (d)). Compare English ABC and alphabet. Linguistics sense coined by Peter T. Daniels.

来源：wiktionary