English Explanatory Dictionary

abugida

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include.
  2. A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, typically such that symbols for different syllables are generated by adding, altering or removing the vowel portion, often by applying a diacritic to a stable consonant symbol.

Pronunciation

/ˌɑː.buˈɡiː.də/ /ˌæb.uˈɡiː.də/ En-Abugida-pronunciation.ogg /ə.bʊ.ɡɪ.ɖɑ/

Word forms

abugida abugidas avugida

Etymology

From Ge'ez አቡጊዳ (ʾäbugida). First use appears c. 1961. See cite below.

Synonyms

alphasyllabary

Related words

abjad alphabet semisyllabary syllabary

Derived words

abugidic

Translations

Abkhaz: азбугида Arabic: أَبُوجِيدَا Dutch: abugida Esperanto: abugido Finnish: abugida French: abugida French: alphasyllabaire Ge'ez: አቡጊዳ German: Abugida Hebrew: אבוגידה Hindi: आबूगीदा Indonesian: abugida Indonesian: alfasilabis Italian: alfasillabario Italian: abugida Japanese: アブギダ Khmer: អាប៊ុហ៊្គីដា Korean: 아부기다 Persian: ابوگیدا Portuguese: abugida Punjabi: ਆਬੂਗੀਦਾ Russian: абуги́да Tamil: அபுகிடா Thai: อักษรสระประกอบ Urdu: ابوگیدا
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