Hamza
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hamza-184-4738784
title:
Hamza
text:
The hamza (ء) is an Arabic script character that, in the Arabic alphabet, denotes a glottal stop and, in non-Arabic languages, indicates a diphthong, vowel, or other features, depending on the language. Derived from the letter ʿAyn (ع), the hamza is written in initial, medial and final positions as an unlinked letter or placed above or under a carrier character. Despite its common usage as a letter in Modern Standard Arabic, it is generally not considered to be one of its letters, although som
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mark used in Arabic-based orthographies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamza
date created:
2005-02-11T17:07:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:05:28Z
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