ۘ

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◌ۘ U+06D8, ۘ
ARABIC SMALL HIGH MEEM INITIAL FORM
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[U+06D7]
Arabic ◌ۙ
[U+06D9]

Arabic

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Etymology

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From وَقْفٌ لَازِمٌ (waqfun lāzimun, necessary pause).

Punctuation mark

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ۘ

  1. A diacritic used in the Qur'an to indicate a required pause
    • Qur'an 28:88
      وَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَيۡءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجۡهَهُۥ ۚ لَهُ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ
      wa-lā tadʕu maʕa llāhi ʔilāhan ʔāḵara lā ʔilāha ʔillā huwa kullu šayʔin hālikun ʔillā wajha-hū la-hu l-ḥukmu wa-ʔilay-hi turjaʕūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)