Arabizi
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic عَرَبِيزِيّ (ʕarabīziyy), a blend of عَرَبِيّ (ʕarabiyy, “Arabic”) + إِنْكْلِيزِيّ (ʔinglīziyy, “English”).
The alternative spelling 3arabizi is the Arabizi rendering of the word عَرَبِيزِيّ (ʕarabīziyy) itself.
Proper noun
[edit]Arabizi
- (neologism) Arabic written in the Arabic chat alphabet, which uses a combination of Latin letters and Western Arabic numerals.
- Synonyms: Arabish, Franco-Arabic
- 2013 May 9, Noor Nazzal, “Arabizi sparks concern among educators”, in Gulf News[1], archived from the original on 20 October 2025:
- Writing and typing Arabic using English numbers and letters — Arabizi (spelled 3arabezee) — is raising eyebrows among Arab elders who worry that the excessive use of Arabizi will weaken the Arabic language.