"Modern Standard Arabic" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-|head=Modern Standard Arabic}} Modern Standard Arabic (uncountable)
  1. The standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech in the Arab world since c. the 19th century. Tags: uncountable Related terms: Classical Arabic, Fusha Translations (Modern Standard Arabic): الْفُصْحَى (al-fuṣḥā) [feminine] (Arabic), فُصْحَى الْعَصْر (fuṣḥā l-ʕaṣr) [feminine] (Arabic), Àrab estàndard modern [masculine] (Catalan), ᎪᎯᏊ ᎢᎬᏥᎩ ᎠᏟᎶᏍᏗ ᎡᎳᏈ (gohiquu igvtsigi atlilosdi elaqui) (Cherokee), 標準阿拉伯語 /标准阿拉伯语 (biāozhǔn ālābóyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 夫斯哈 (fūsīhā) (Chinese Mandarin), 現代標準阿拉伯語 /现代标准阿拉伯语 (xiàndài biāozhǔn ālābóyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), عَرَبِیِّ نَوِینِ مِعْیَار (arabiy-yi nawīn-i mi'yār) (Dari), standardiarabia (Finnish), arabe standard moderne [masculine] (French), fous-ha [feminine] (French), Standardarabisch [neuter] (German), Fusha [feminine] (German), Modernes Hocharabisch [neuter] (German), modernes Hocharabisch [neuter] (German), आधुनिक मानक अरबी (ādhunik mānak arabī) (Hindi), عَرَبِیِّ نُوینِ مِعْیار (arabiy-ye novin-e me'yâr) (Iranian Persian), 標準アラビア語 (hyōjun arabiago) (alt: ひょうじゅんあらびあご) (Japanese), フスハー (fusuhā) (Japanese), 現代標準アラビア語 (gendai hyōjun arabiago) (Japanese), 현대 표준 아랍어 (hyeondae pyojun arabeo) (Korean), Moderne Standard Arabisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), współczesny standardowy język arabski [masculine] (Polish), fusha [feminine] (Polish), árabe moderno padrão [masculine] (Portuguese), литерату́рный ара́бский язы́к (literatúrnyj arábskij jazýk) [masculine] (Russian), фу́сха (fúsxa) [feminine] (Russian), совреме́нный ара́бский литерату́рный язы́к (sovreménnyj arábskij literatúrnyj jazýk) [masculine] (Russian), САЛЯ (SALJa) [masculine] (Russian), árabe estándar moderno [masculine] (Spanish), fusja [feminine] (Spanish), جَدِید مِعْیاری عَرَبی (jadīd mi'yārī 'arabī) (Urdu)

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "arabiy-ye novin-e me'yâr",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "word": "عَرَبِیِّ نُوینِ مِعْیار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "współczesny standardowy język arabski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fusha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árabe moderno padrão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "literatúrnyj arábskij jazýk",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "литерату́рный ара́бский язы́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "fúsxa",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фу́сха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "sovreménnyj arábskij literatúrnyj jazýk",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "совреме́нный ара́бский литерату́рный язы́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "SALJa",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "САЛЯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árabe estándar moderno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fusja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "jadīd mi'yārī 'arabī",
      "sense": "Modern Standard Arabic",
      "word": "جَدِید مِعْیاری عَرَبی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Modern Standard Arabic"
}

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