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Fusha
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fusha Fus'ha
English
Classical Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic
Alternative forms
en Fus'ha, en Fuṣḥā
Etymology
en ar فُصْحَى.
en ar ف ص ح
Pronunciation
en /ˈfʊshə/
Proper noun
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Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, taken together: "standard" Arabic, used in religious texts, in writing, and in formal speech, as opposed to the regional "dialects" used for most daily communication.
Usage notes
The name is also frequently spelled en Fus'ha or en Fus-ha, the spelling of which is used to avoid a mispronunciation with /ʃ/ (as in push).
Antonyms
Colloquial Arabic, spoken Arabic, dialectal Arabic, vernacular Arabic, en Ammiyya, en Darija
Hyponyms
standard Arabic en Modern Standard Arabic, en MSA; Classical Arabic
Translations
standard Arabic
Arabic: ar الْفُصْحَى f, ar اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة الْفُصْحَى f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 夫斯哈 fūsīhā, cmn 標準阿拉伯語 biāozhǔn ālābóyǔ
Czech: cs fusha f, cs literární arabština f
French: fr fous-ha f, fr arabe standard m, fr arabe littéral m
German: de Fusha f, de arabische Hochsprache f, de Standartarabisch n
Italian: it fusha f
Japanese: ja フスハー fusuhā, ja 標準アラビア語 ひょうじゅんアラビアご, hyōjun arabiago
Korean: ko 푸스하, ko 표준 아랍어
Polish: pl współczesny standardowy język arabski m-in, pl fusha f
Portuguese: pt árabe padrão m, pt árabe literário m
Russian: ru фу́сха f, ru станда́ртный ара́бский язы́к m
Spanish: es árabe estándar m, es árabe literal m, es fusja f
en terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs
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