hamza
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See also: Hamza
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hamza (plural hamzas)
- A sign (ء (ʾ) - 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 diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʾ) (over an alif - ا), إ (ʾ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʾ) (over a wāw - و (w)) or ئ (ʾ) (over a dotless yāʾ - ى). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".
Usage notes[edit]
- Sometimes transliterated as an apostrophe.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Arabic hamza