tashkil

English

Alternative forms

• tashkīl
• tashkiil
• tashkeel

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَشْكِيل (taškīl).

Noun

tashkil (uncountable)

1. vowelization, vocalization or diacritization - the various diacritics, taken collectively, that are attached to Arabic letters in certain styles of writing and that indicate such features as vowels and gemination (consonant doubling) and absence of any vowels.

Translations

vocalization — see vocalization

See also

• fatha
• kasra
• damma
• sukun
• shadda

• nikud
• pinyin
• zhuyin, bopomofo
• furigana
• pronunciation respelling

Anagrams

• khilats