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◌ٓ U+0653, ٓ
ARABIC MADDAH ABOVE
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[U+0652]
Arabic ◌ٔ
[U+0654]

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  1. Over an alif (آ (ʾā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسِف (ʾāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʾān).