Fus-ha

Fus-ha

See also: fusha and fūsha

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Arabic فُصْحَى‎ (fuṣḥā, literally “eloquent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.

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.)

Antonyms

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

Hyponyms

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

Translations

standard Arabic

Arabic: الفُصْحَى‎ f (al-fuṣḥā), لُغَة عَرَبِيَّة فُصْحَى‎ f (luḡa ʿarabiyya fuṣḥā) Chinese: Mandarin: 夫斯哈 (fūsīhā), 標準阿拉伯語, 标准阿拉伯语 (biāozhǔn ālābóyǔ) Czech: fusha f, literární arabština f French: fous-ha f, arabe standard m, arabe littéral m German: Fusha f, arabische Hochsprache f, Standartarabisch n Italian: fusha f

Japanese: フスハー (ja) (fusuhā), 標準アラビア語 (ひょうじゅんアラビアご, hyōjun arabiago) Korean: 푸스하 (puseuha), 표준 아랍어 (pyojun arabeo) Polish: fusha f, standardowy język arabski m Portuguese: árabe padrão m, árabe literário m Russian: фу́сха (ru) f (fúsxa), станда́ртный ара́бский язы́к m (standártnyj arábskij jazýk) Spanish: árabe estándar m, árabe literal m, fusja f