hamza

See also: Hamza

English

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Etymology

From Arabic همزة (hamza)

Noun

hamza (plural hamzas)

1. A sign (ء‎ - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter or most commonly over or under other letters, e.g. أ‎‎ (over an alif - ا‎), إ‎‎ (under an alif), ؤ‎‎‎ (over a wāw - و‎) or ئ‎‎‎‎ (over a dotless yāʾ - ى‎). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".

Usage notes

• Sometimes transliterated as an apostrophe.

Translations

Arabic hamza

• Arabic: همزة f (hamza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈姆扎 (hāmǔzhā)

• Finnish: hamza
• French: hamza (fr) m

• German: Hamza n, Hamsa n
• Japanese: ハムザ (hamuza)
• Malay: hamzah
• Persian: همزه (fa) (hamze)
• Russian: ха́мза f (xámza)