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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 Fus'ha or Fus-ha, the spelling of which is used to avoid a mispronunciation with /ʃ/ (as in push).