abjad
/ˈabdʒɑːd/(also abjud, abujad, abadjad)
noun
1A system of notation in which each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet is assigned a numerical value. Now chiefly historical.
2 Linguistics. Any of various writing systems having symbols for consonants only; a consonantal alphabet.
Origin
Late 18th century. From Arabic abjad Arabic alphabet, system of notation in which each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet is assigned a numerical value, acronym from the initial letters of alif, bā', jīm, dāl, the names of the first four letters of the Arabic alphabet in its historical order.
- give someone a bell
- give someone a bloody nose
- give someone a break
- give someone a dose (or taste) of their own medicine
- give someone a fit
- give someone a hard time
- give someone a holler
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone an inch and he (or she) will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a shout
- give someone away
- give someone Bondi
- give someone credit for
- give someone grief
- give someone head
- give someone hell
- give someone one
- give someone (or get) a thick ear
- give someone (or get) the bum's rush
- give someone (some) skin
- give someone the big E
- give someone the bird
- give someone the boot
- give someone the creeps