Arabic word senses marked with topical category "Symbols"

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Parent categories: Letters, symbols, and punctuation, Orthography, Writing, Human behaviour, Language, Human, Communication
Subcategories: Diacritical marks, Matched pairs, Numeral symbols, Punctuation marks

Total 71 word senses

• ، (Punctuation) the comma
• ؛ (Punctuation) The semicolon.
• ؟ (Punctuation) the question mark
• ا (Character) Although usually considered to be the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, the small hamza (ء (ʔ)) that sits on top of أ (ʔ) is really the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and the tall column is its bearer. This entry only deals with the lower part, the bearer, which is called أَلِف (ʔalif) and, without the hamza, is used to lengthen a preceding a.
• ب (Character) The second letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is بَاء (bāʔ) and it has the sound of English b. It is preceded by أ (ʔ) and followed by ت (t).
• ت (Character) The third letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is تَاء (tāʔ) and it has the sound of English t. It is preceded by ب (b) and followed by ث (ṯ).
• ث (Character) The fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ثَاء (ṯāʔ) and is preceded by ت (t) and followed by ج (j).
• ج (Character) The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is جِيم (jīm), and is preceded by ث (ṯ) and followed by ح (ḥ).
• ح (Character) The sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is حَاء (ḥāʔ), and is preceded by ج (j) and followed by خ (ḵ).
• خ (Character) The seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is خَاء (ḵāʔ), and is preceded by ح (ḥ) and followed by د (d).
• د (Character) The eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is دَال (dāl), and is preceded by خ (ḵ) and followed by ذ (ḏ).
• ذ (Character) The ninth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ذَال (ḏāl), and is preceded by د (d) and followed by ر (r).
• ر (Character) The tenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is رَاء (rāʔ) and is preceded by ذ (ḏ) and followed by ز (z).
• ز (Character) The eleventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ر (r) and followed by س (s).
• س (Character) The twelfth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ز (z) and followed by ش (š).
• ش (Character) The thirteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by س (s) and followed by ص (ṣ).
• ش ح ط (Root) related to striking
• شارحة (Noun) colon, " : "
• شحطة (Noun) stroke, line; hyphen
• ص (Character) The fourteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ش (š) and followed by ض (ḍ).
• ض (Character) The fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ص (ṣ) and followed by ط (ṭ).
• ط (Character) The sixteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ض (ḍ) and followed by ظ (ẓ).
• ظ (Character) The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ط (ṭ) and followed by ع (ʕ).
• ع (Character) The eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ظ (ẓ) and followed by غ (ḡ).
• علامة استفهام (Noun) question mark
• غ (Character) The nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ع (ʕ) and followed by ف (f).
• ف (Character) The twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ (ḡ) and followed by ق (q).
• فاصلة عليا (Noun) apostrophe
• فاصلة منقوطة (Noun) semicolon
• ق (Character) The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ف (f) and followed by ك (k).
• ك (Symbol) The eleventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ى and followed by ل (l).
• ل (Character) The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).
• م (Character) the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ل (l) and followed by ن (n)
• ن (Character) The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by م (m) and followed by ه (h).
• نقطة مزدوجة (Noun) colon, " : "
• ه (Character) The twenty-sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن (n) and followed by و (w).
• و (Character) The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ه (h) and followed by ي (y).
• ي (Character) The twenty-eighth and final letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و (w).
• ً (Character) 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) 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) 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) fatḥa (فَتْحَة), indicates a short /a/ or its cognates, indicates a long /aː/ if followed by an ا (ʔalif).
• ُ (Character) ḍamma – ضَمَّة (ḍamma) – indicates a short /u/ or its cognates, indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wāw).
• ِ (Character) kasra (كسرَة), indicates a short /i/ or its cognates, indicates a long /iː/ if followed by a ي (yāʔ).
• ّ (Character) shadda (شَدَّة (šadda)), indicates a geminate (long, double) consonant.
• ْ (Character) sukūn (سُكُون), indicates the absence of a vowel after a consonant or the presence of a diphthong.
• ٓ (Character) 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) superscript alif, dagger alif (أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة (ʔalif ḵanjariyya)), indicates a long /aː/ where ا (ʔalif) is normally not written.
• ڢ (Character) The twentieth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by غ (ḡ) and followed by ڧ (q).
• ڧ (Character) The twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ڢ (f) and followed by ك (k).
• ۖ (Punctuation) A mark in the Qur'an indicating an optional pause.
• ۗ (Punctuation) A marking used in Quranic scripture to denote a pause, almost always at the end of a sentence.
• ۘ (Punctuation) A diacritic used in the Qur'an to indicate a required pause
• ۙ (Punctuation) A diacritic used in the Qur'an to indicate that the reader should NOT pause.
• ۚ (Punctuation) Arabic Puncuation mark. It marks that you COULD read it nonstop, but you don't have to. If you read it nonstop then you have to pronounce that letter
• ۛ (Punctuation) Quran 2:2
• ۜ (Character) A small pause without taking a breath whilst reading the Holy Qur'an
• ۝ (Symbol) Marks the end of a verse in the Qur'an, the number of the verse being enclosed within the symbol.
• ۟ (Character) used to indicate that a letter is silent
• ۠ (Character) 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) indicates the absence of a vowel after a consonant.
• ۢ (Character)
• ۤ (Character) In the Qur'an, it indicates extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
• ۥ (Character) 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) used for imalah
• ࣰ (Character)
• ࣱ (Character)
• ࣲ (Character)
• ٢٩ (Numeral) 29 (twenty-nine)
• ⠐⠂ (Punctuation) the colon, ⟨:⟩
• « » (Punctuation) Encloses a quotation.

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