Fus-ha

English

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Alternative forms

• Fuṣḥā, Fusha, Fus'ha, FuSHa, Fus7a, Fu97a

Etymology

From Arabic فصحى (al-fúṣḥā, “the eloquent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfʊshə/

Proper noun

Fus-ha

1. 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.

Hyponyms

• (standard Arabic): Modern Standard Arabic, MSA; Classical Arabic

Antonyms

• colloquial Arabic, spoken Arabic, dialectal Arabic, vernacular Arabic, 'ammiyya, daarija

Translations

standard Arabic

• Arabic: الفصحى (ar) (al-fúṣḥā) f, لغة عربية فصحى (ar) (lúġa ʿarabíyya fúṣḥā) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夫斯哈 (cmn) (Fūsīhā), 標準阿拉伯語 (cmn), 标准阿拉伯语 (cmn) (biāozhǔn Ālābó-yǔ)

• Czech: fusha (cs) f, literární arabština (cs) f
• French: fous-ha (fr) f, arabe standard (fr) m, arabe littéral (fr) m
• German: Fusha (de) f, arabische Hochsprache (de) f, Standartarabisch (de) n

• Italian: fusha (it) f
• Japanese: フスハー (ja) (Fusuhā), 標準アラビア語 (ja) (ひょうじゅんあらびあご, hyōjun Arabia-go)
• Polish: fusha (pl) f, standardowy język arabski (pl) m
• Portuguese: árabe padrão (pt) m, árabe literário (pt) m
• Russian: фусха (ru) (fúsxa) f, стандартный арабский язык (ru) (standártnyj arábskij jazýk) m
• Spanish: árabe estándar (es) m, árabe literal (es) m, fusja (es) f

Usage notes

• The name is also frequently spelled Fusha, with no hyphen; the hyphenated spelling is used to avoid a mispronunciation with /ʃ/ (as in push). (An apostrophe is also sometimes used for this purpose: Fus'ha.)