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maddahs

maddahs is the plural of maddah.

Meaning of maddah

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).

Questions about maddahs

What is maddahs the plural of?
Maddahs is the plural of maddah.

Words near maddahs in the dictionary

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

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