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  2. Arab tone system - Wikipedia

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    The next higher octave is nawa and the second tuti. [1] However, from these twenty-four tones, seven are selected to produce a scale and thus the interval of a quarter tone is never used and the three-quarter tone or neutral second should be considered the characteristic interval. [2] Quarter tone scale on C ascending and descending. Play ⓘ

  3. Ajam - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3]: 26-27 It was historically used as a pejorative—figuratively ascribing muteness to those whose native language is not Arabic—during and after the Muslim conquest of Iran. [4] Since the early Muslim conquests , it has been adopted in various non-Arabic languages, such as Turkish , Azerbaijani , Chechen , Kurdish , Malay , Sindhi ...

  4. Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Because the Quran is written in Arabic and all Islamic terms are in Arabic, millions [83] of Muslims (both Arab and non-Arab) study the language. Software and books with tapes are an important part of Arabic learning, as many of Arabic learners may live in places where there are no academic or Arabic language school classes available.

  5. Clock - Wikipedia

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    An analog pendulum clock made around 18th century. A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time.The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year.

  6. List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official ...

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    Along with the religion of Islam, the Arabic language, Arabic number system and Arab customs spread throughout the entire Arab caliphate. The caliphs of the Arab dynasty established the first schools inside the empire which taught Arabic language and Islamic studies for all pupils in all areas within the caliphate. The result was (in those ...

  7. Arabic numerals - Wikipedia

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    Evolution of Indian numerals into Arabic numerals and their adoption in Europe. Positional decimal notation including a zero symbol was developed by Tamils, using symbols visually distinct from those that would eventually enter into international use.

  8. Arab Radio and Television Network - Wikipedia

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    [1] ART was particularly known in Saudi Arabia for its exclusive sports event broadcasts, especially the Saudi Leagues. The network lost a significant amount of its audience share after the launch of many similar free-to-air channels like the Rotana network, owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal. At the time of launch, ART produced over 6,000 live and ...

  9. Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (dictionary) - Wikipedia

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    The project suffered from a lack of funding, but Volume I, Part 1, covering hamza to " ʾ ḫ y ", was published in 1956. [1] In 428 two-column pages, it covers a lexical range to which Edward William Lane devoted about 100 columns in his Arabic–English Lexicon and to which Hans Wehr devoted about sixteen in his Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic.