"◌ۖ" meaning in Arabic

{
  "etymology_text": "From اَلْوَصْلُ أَوْلَى (al-waṣlu ʔawlā, “continuing is preferred”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ۖ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "punctuation mark",
        "head": "ۖ",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ۖ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "punct",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic punctuation marks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Combining characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Qur'an",
          "orig": "ar:Qur'an",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mark in the Qur'an indicating an optional pause."
      ],
      "id": "en-◌ۖ-ar-punct-tB58Y4w5",
      "links": [
        [
          "Qur'an",
          "Qur'an"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "◌ۖ"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From اَلْوَصْلُ أَوْلَى (al-waṣlu ʔawlā, “continuing is preferred”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ۖ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "punctuation mark",
        "head": "ۖ",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ۖ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "punct",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic punctuation marks",
        "Combining characters",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ar:Qur'an"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mark in the Qur'an indicating an optional pause."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Qur'an",
          "Qur'an"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "◌ۖ"
}