hamza
See also: Hamza
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).
Pronunciation
editAudio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
edithamza (plural hamzas)
- A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".
- 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 33:
- Written words such as Qurʼan (which in written Arabic uses a symbol know as hamza to indicate the glottal stop) are rendered with an apostrophe.
Usage notes
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editArabic sign representing a glottal stop
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Uzbek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).
Noun
edithamza (plural hamzalar)
- hamza (sign representing a glottal stop)
Declension
edit| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hamza | hamzalar |
| genitive | hamzaning | hamzalarning |
| dative | hamzaga | hamzalarga |
| definite accusative | hamzani | hamzalarni |
| locative | hamzada | hamzalarda |
| ablative | hamzadan | hamzalardan |
| similative | hamzadek | hamzalardek |
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- Uzbek terms derived from the Arabic root ه م ز
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