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punctuation in Arabic

عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم ʕalāmat tarqīm

/ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/

punctuation in Arabic: عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم (ʕalāmat tarqīm), تَرْقِيم (tarqīm). In English, punctuation means a set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

Arabic words for punctuation

set of symbols
عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم ʕalāmat tarqīm, تَرْقِيم tarqīm

English meaning of punctuation

  1. noun A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).
  2. noun Nikud.
  3. noun An act of punctuating.

Full definition of punctuation

punctuation in a sentence

  • Different languages have different rules for punctuation.

punctuation in other languages

Questions about punctuation in Arabic

What is the meaning of punctuation in Arabic?
Punctuation in Arabic is عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم (ʕalāmat tarqīm), تَرْقِيم (tarqīm).
ما معنى كلمة punctuation؟
Punctuation: عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم (ʕalāmat tarqīm), تَرْقِيم (tarqīm).
What does punctuation mean in English?
Punctuation means a set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punctuation (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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