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ḍamma

ḍamma is the alternative form of damma.

Meaning of damma

Noun

damma (plural dammas or damma)

  1. In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.
  2. In Iranian Persian ـُ represents the vowel /o/. If the letter ـو immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ow/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ow/ did not occur.

Questions about ḍamma

What is ḍamma the alternative form of?
Ḍamma is the alternative form of damma.

Words near ḍamma in the dictionary

  1. ᴛ
  2. ᴢ
  3. ᵗʰ
  4. ᵫ
  5. ᵺ
  6. ḍamma
  7. Ḥasid
  8. Ḥasidim
  9. Ḥasidism
  10. Ḥasids
  11. Ḥassid

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