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- Arabic · borrowed fromفُصْحَى
- English todayFusha
Borrowed from Arabic فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Borrowed from Arabic فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.