ابجد

See also: أبجد, اتخذ, أتخذ, اتحد, and أتحد

Malay

Noun

ابجد (plural ابجد-ابجد or ابجد۲, informal 1st possessive ابجدکو, 2nd possessive ابجدمو, 3rd possessive ابجدڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of abjad

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad), equivalent to the first four letters of the Perso-Arabic script in the traditional order: ا (vowel placeholder), ب (b), ج (j), د (d).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaβ.d͡ʒað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.d͡ʒäd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.d͡ʒäd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.d͡ʒäd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.d͡ʒäd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæb.d͡ʒæd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.d͡ʒäd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḇjaḏ
Dari reading?	abjad
Iranian reading?	abjad
Tajik reading?	abjad

Noun

Dari	ابجد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	абҷад

ابجد • (abjad)

1. abjad
2. (figurative) ABC, nuts and bolts (elementary facts, simple truths)
   • c. 1620, Mīr Dāmād Astarābādī, “Rubā’i 167”, in دیوانِ اشراق [Dēwān-i išrāq]‎^[1]:

     از لطف تو مشکل اشارات و شفا
     در مکتب علم ما یکی ابجد بود

     az lutf-i tū muškil-i išārāt u šifā
     dar maktab-i ilm-i mā yakē abjad buwad

     By Your grace, the puzzle of the Directives and the Healing
     Has become an ABC in the school of our learning.

     (Classical Persian romanization)