"ٱ" meaning in Arabic

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hamzatu l-waṣli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "letter",
        "head": "ٱ",
        "tr": "hamzatu l-waṣli"
      },
      "expansion": "ٱ • (hamzatu l-waṣli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "هُوَ ٱبْنُ ٱلمُدَرِّسِ (huwa bnu l-mudarrisi, “He is the teacher’s son.”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "وَٱسْمُ ٱلبِنْتِ أَنْهَارُ (wasmu l-binti ʔanhāru, “And the daughter’s name is Anhar.”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alif carrying the waṣla sign (ٱ) indicates liaison with the preceding word and means that the hamza is suppressed. It is more commonly indicated by a regular alif without a hamza (ا). It occurs, for example, in the definite article ٱل (l-), ٱسْم (sm-), ٱبْن (bn-), imperative verbs, and the perfective aspect of verb forms VII to X, but is not pronounced following a vowel: (e.g., البيت ٱلكبير is read al-baytu l-kabīru). It occurs only at the beginning of a word that is not initial in a word group, or the beginning of a word following a prefixed preposition or conjunction."
      ],
      "id": "en-ٱ-ar-character-muUkYvH7",
      "links": [
        [
          "alif",
          "alif"
        ],
        [
          "liaison",
          "liaison"
        ],
        [
          "hamza",
          "hamza"
        ],
        [
          "ا",
          "ا#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ٱل",
          "ال#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ٱسْم",
          "اسم#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ٱبْن",
          "ابن#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "hamzatu l-waṣli",
          "word": "هَمْزَةُ ٱلوَصْلِ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ٱ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hamzatu l-waṣli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "letter",
        "head": "ٱ",
        "tr": "hamzatu l-waṣli"
      },
      "expansion": "ٱ • (hamzatu l-waṣli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "hamzatu l-waṣli",
      "word": "هَمْزَةُ ٱلوَصْلِ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic letters",
        "Arabic links with redundant target parameters",
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Arabic terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "هُوَ ٱبْنُ ٱلمُدَرِّسِ (huwa bnu l-mudarrisi, “He is the teacher’s son.”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "وَٱسْمُ ٱلبِنْتِ أَنْهَارُ (wasmu l-binti ʔanhāru, “And the daughter’s name is Anhar.”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alif carrying the waṣla sign (ٱ) indicates liaison with the preceding word and means that the hamza is suppressed. It is more commonly indicated by a regular alif without a hamza (ا). It occurs, for example, in the definite article ٱل (l-), ٱسْم (sm-), ٱبْن (bn-), imperative verbs, and the perfective aspect of verb forms VII to X, but is not pronounced following a vowel: (e.g., البيت ٱلكبير is read al-baytu l-kabīru). It occurs only at the beginning of a word that is not initial in a word group, or the beginning of a word following a prefixed preposition or conjunction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alif",
          "alif"
        ],
        [
          "liaison",
          "liaison"
        ],
        [
          "hamza",
          "hamza"
        ],
        [
          "ا",
          "ا#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ٱل",
          "ال#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ٱسْم",
          "اسم#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "ٱبْن",
          "ابن#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ٱ"
}