maddah in Persian
مد madda
maddah in Persian: مد (madda), کلاه (kolâh). In English, 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).
Persian words for maddah
- Arabic diacritic
- مد madda, کلاه kolâh
English meaning of 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 In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
- noun In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن (âmadan).
maddah in other languages
Questions about maddah in Persian
- What is the meaning of maddah in Persian?
- Maddah in Persian is مد (madda), کلاه (kolâh).
- معنی maddah چیست؟
- Maddah: مد (madda), کلاه (kolâh).
- What does maddah mean in English?
- 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).
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