Usually means: Respectful behavior following cultural etiquette.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Adab, adab: Wordnik
  2. ADAB: Dictionary.com
  3. Adab (Islam), Adab (behavior), Adab (city), Adab (gesture), Adab (literature), Adab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
  2. ADAB: Acronym Finder

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  1. Muttaqun OnLine Islamic Dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Adab)

noun:  (Sumerian: Adabki, D. D. Luckenbill, "Old Babylonian Letters from Bismya", The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 270–292, 1916 spelled UD.NUNKIJacobsen, Thorkild, "Some Sumerian city-names", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 21.1, pp. 100-103, 1967) an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur, lying about 35 kilometers southeast of the latter.
noun:  Adab in the context of behavior, refers to prescribed Islamic etiquette: "refinement, good manners, morals, decorum, decency, humaneness".
noun:  Adab (Hindustani: آداب (Nastaleeq), आदाब (Devanagari)), from the Arabic word Aadaab, meaning respect and politeness, is a hand gesture used in the Indian subcontinent, by the Urdu-speaking while greeting.

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