damma in Arabic
ضَمَّة ḍamma
damma in Arabic: ضَمَّة (ḍamma). In English, damma means 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/.
Arabic words for damma
- an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
- ضَمَّة ḍamma
English meaning of damma
- noun 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/.
- noun 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.
damma in other languages
Questions about damma in Arabic
- What is the meaning of damma in Arabic?
- Damma in Arabic is ضَمَّة (ḍamma).
- ما معنى كلمة damma؟
- Damma: ضَمَّة (ḍamma).
- What does damma mean in English?
- Damma means 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/.
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