All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Arabic diacritical marks"

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Total 20 word senses

• ً (Character) [Arabic] fatḥa tanwīn (فتحَة تنوين) or fatḥatān (فتحتان), a nunation (tanwīn (تنوين)) of the vowel a (ـَ - fatḥa), indicating the accusative case in Classical Arabic, usually used in combination with ا (ʔalif) - (ـًا), unless it's ة (tāʔ marbūṭa) (ةً) or ء (hamza) (ءً). In a non-pausal formal situation it's pronounced as "-an".
• ٌ (Character) [Arabic] ḍamma tanwīn (ضَمَّة تَنْوِين) or ḍammatān (ضَمَّتَان), a nunation (tanwīn (تَنْوِين)) of the vowel u (ـُ - ḍamma), indicating the nominative case in Classical Arabic. In a non-pausal formal situation it's pronounced as "-un". In dialects, relaxed (less formal) Arabic, or in pausa, the pronunciation is either shortened to "-u" or ignored altogether, even when written.
• ٍ (Character) [Arabic] kasra tanwīn (كَسْرَة تَنْوِين) or kasratān (كَسْرَتَان), a nunation (tanwīn (تَنْوِين)) of the vowel i (ـِ - kasra), indicating the genitive case in Classical Arabic. In a non-pausal formal situation it's pronounced as "-in". In dialects, relaxed (less formal) Arabic or in pausa, the pronunciation is either shorted to "-i" or ignored altogether, even when written.
• َ (Character) [Arabic] fatḥa (فَتْحَة), indicates a short /a/ or its cognates, indicates a long /aː/ if followed by an ا (ʔalif).
• ُ (Character) [Arabic] ḍamma – ضَمَّة (ḍamma) – indicates a short /u/ or its cognates, indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wāw).
• ِ (Character) [Arabic] kasra (كسرَة), indicates a short /i/ or its cognates, indicates a long /iː/ if followed by a ي (yāʔ).
• ّ (Character) [Arabic] shadda (شَدَّة (šadda)), indicates a geminate (long, double) consonant.
• ْ (Character) [Arabic] sukūn (سُكُون), indicates the absence of a vowel after a consonant or the presence of a diphthong.
• ٓ (Character) [Arabic] Over an alif (آ (ʾā) "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 (ʾāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʾān).
• ٰ (Character) [Arabic] superscript alif, dagger alif (أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة (ʔalif ḵanjariyya)), indicates a long /aː/ where ا (ʔalif) is normally not written.
• ۟ (Character) [Arabic] used to indicate that a letter is silent
• ۠ (Character) [Arabic] indicates that the letter is pronounced only when one pauses on the word during recitation, but if one continues reading without pausing, the letter is not pronounced.
• ۡ (Character) [Arabic] indicates the absence of a vowel after a consonant.
• ۢ (Character) [Arabic]
• ۤ (Character) [Arabic] In the Qur'an, it indicates extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
• ۥ (Character) [Arabic] Arabic small wāw. A diacritical mark used in Quranic orthography to indicate the long vowel "ū" or the consonant "w" when it is not indicated by the letter و (wāw) in the rasm.
• ۪ (Character) [Arabic] used for imalah
• ࣰ (Character) [Arabic]
• ࣱ (Character) [Arabic]
• ࣲ (Character) [Arabic]

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