Meanings
- uncountableThe study of Arabic.
Before the Revolution Russian Arabistics was concentrated in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kazan.
1960, Culture and Life, page 602 more examples
Arabistics and Islamics, together generally labeled 'Semitic Philology', were peculiarly vulnerable to the all-permeating personnel policy of the Third Reich.
2007, The Qur’an in Its Historical Context, page 21[...] nor in the “scientific method” for the study of Islam perfected by European Arabistics in the second half of the nineteenth century.
2024, Juan de Segovia and the Qur’an
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From Arabist + -ics. By surface analysis, Arab + -istics.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech arabistika
- arabistikaTranslations
French arabistique
- arabistiqueTranslations
German Arabistik
- ArabistikTranslations
Italian arabistica
- arabisticaTranslations
Polish arabistyka
- arabistykaTranslations
Portuguese arabística
- arabísticaTranslations
Russian араби́стика
- араби́стика (arabístika)Translations
Spanish arabística
- arabísticaTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Arabistics
Cite this entry
Arabistics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arabistics
“Arabistics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arabistics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Arabistics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arabistics.
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