"maddah" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: maddahs [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic مَدَّة (madda). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|مَدَّة}} Arabic مَدَّة (madda), {{root|en|ar|م د د}} Head templates: {{en-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). Categories (topical): Arabic letter names Translations (Arabic diacritic): مَدَّة (madda) [feminine] (Arabic), madda (Finnish), madda [feminine, masculine] (French), מַדַּה (mada) (Hebrew), マッダ (madda) (Japanese), مد (madda) (Persian), کلاه (kolâh) (Persian), ма́дда (mádda) [feminine] (Russian), مد (madda) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-maddah-en-noun-x9d4NsSV Disambiguation of Arabic letter names: 51 32 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 28 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 19 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 33 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 31 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 63 23 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 57 27 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 61 24 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 24 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 48 28 24 Disambiguation of 'Arabic diacritic': 73 17 10
  2. In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
    Sense id: en-maddah-en-noun-lAzzim8E Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 24 35
  3. In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن (âmadan).
    Sense id: en-maddah-en-noun-21a2BAeC Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 18 10 72

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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