ء

التعريفات

Hamza (ء) is a sign in the Arabic script that represents the glottal stop /ʔ/. It can be considered a diacritic or a letter, but it is not counted among the 28 letters of the alphabet. The exact spelling of the glottal stop depends on the combination of vowels that follow and precede it. It may be written with آ /ʔaː/, أ /ʔa/, /aʔ/, /ʔu/, إ /ʔi/, ئ /ʔi/, /iʔ/, ؤ /ʔu/, /uʔ/, or, usually after a long vowel, ء.

letter

الأمثلة

“يمثّل الحرف ء همزة القطع التي تنطق وقفةً حنجرية في الكلام.”

The letter ء represents the hamza, which is pronounced as a glottal stop in speech.

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