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maddah

maddah noun: arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسِف (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʔān).

Noun

maddah (plural maddahs)

  1. Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسِف (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʔān).
  2. In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
  3. In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن (âmadan).

maddah meaning in Urdu, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

maddah in Urdu

Arabic diacritic
مد madda

maddah in Arabic

Arabic diacritic
مَدَّة madda

maddah in Indonesian

Arabic diacritic
madah, mad

maddah in Persian

Arabic diacritic
مد madda, کلاه kolâh

Forms of maddah

pluralmaddahs

Origin of maddah

From Arabic مَدَّة (madda).

Questions about maddah

What does maddah mean?
Maddah means arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسِف (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʔān).
What is maddah in Urdu?
Maddah in Urdu is مد (madda). See Maddah meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is maddah?
Maddah is a noun.
What is the plural of maddah?
The plural of maddah is maddahs.

Words near maddah in the dictionary

  1. madchild
  2. madchildren
  3. MaDCoWS
  4. madd
  5. madda
  6. maddah
  7. maddahs
  8. maddalam
  9. maddale
  10. madded
  11. Maddela

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