A Malay-English dictionary,

ALFABA

ALIF

AB'AD

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MALAY-ENGLISH
DICTIONARY.

The letter alif; the alphabetical symbol for
the number I in the abjad, q. v.
aba. I. Glow, warmth, C. and S.; (Kedah)
behaba, v. haba.
II. The smallest imaginable atom; C. and S.
(= fnmma?)
III. Also abah, q. v.
aba. Arab. Father. Cf. abz.
iba'. Arab. Refusal; rejection; disobedience; unwillingness.

To these purely Arabic letters are added the
following non-Arabic letters:

- t

X

ibtida'. Arab.
exordium.

Beginning; commencement;

Hur4fu 'l-ibtida': expressions used to open
a sentence.
Lil'ibtidd': to begin with; firstly; = sabermola.
abtar. Arab. Curtailed; docked; shortened
in the tail.
abjad. [Arab.: a composite word made
up of the first four letters of the alphabet
arranged in their ancient order.] The alphabet following the old order of the letters-an
order still observed in Hebrew; the numerical alphabet, each letter having a successive
numerical value, viz.:

7,oo 6,00ooo 5,oo 4,ooo 3,000 2,000
These numerical values of the letters are
much used in calculating horoscopes and in
other methods of divination..I\ abad. Arab. Eternity; the endless future.
Daripada azal datang kapada abad: from
the endless past to the endless future;
Bust. Sal.
c?* abadi. Arab. Eternal; everlasting.:J.\ abadiyyat. Arab. Eternity.
\ abar. Mengabar: to check or restrain anything in motion; Kl.
\ abor. Mengabor: to lavish; to waste; to be
prodigal in expenditure; cf. ambor and tabor.,^\\ ibrahim. Arab. Abraham.
cZ\. abras. Arab. Leprous.
jI abrak. Arab. Mica.
a\ abus. I. A small coin; the tenth portion of
a timah or kepeng; Kl. Also habus.
II. (Kedah.) The name of a tree (unidentified).
a\ bis. Better habis, q. v..\ ab'ad. Arab. More remote; far distant.
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