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◌ۗ U+06D7, ۗ ARABIC SMALL HIGH LIGATURE QAF WITH LAM WITH ALEF MAKSURA ← ◌ۖ [U+06D6] Arabic ◌ۘ → [U+06D8]

ﷱ U+FDF1, ﷱ ARABIC LIGATURE QALA USED AS KORANIC STOP SIGN ISOLATED FORM ← ﷰ [U+FDF0] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﷲ → [U+FDF2]

Arabic

Etymology

From اَلْوَقْفُ أَوْلَى (al-waqfu ʔawlā, “pausing is preferred”).

Punctuation mark

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1. A marking used in Quranic scripture to denote a pause, almost always at the end of a sentence.