"damma" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dammas [plural], damma [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma, “a joining”), instance noun of the verb ضَمَّ (ḍamma, “to join”). Refers to the joining of the lips together when making an /u/ sound. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|ضَمَّة||a joining}} Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma, “a joining”), {{ar-instance noun|lc=1|nocat=1}} instance noun, {{root|en|ar|ض م م}} Head templates: {{en-noun|s|damma}} damma (plural dammas or damma)
  1. (linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Arabic letter names Translations (an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)): ضَمَّة (ḍamma) [feminine] (Arabic), zəmmə (Azerbaijani), بەر (ber) (Central Kurdish), بۆر (bor) (Central Kurdish), 合口符 (hékǒufú) (Chinese Mandarin), پیش (pēš) (Dari), ضَمَّه (zamma) (Dari), damma [feminine, masculine] (French), Damma [neuter] (German), پیش (piš) (Iranian Persian), ضَمِّه (zamme) (Iranian Persian), ダンマ (damma) (Japanese), дамма (damma) (Kazakh), 담마 (damma) (Korean), baris depan (Malay), baris di hadapan (Malay), dammah (Malay), zeme (Northern Kurdish), zemme [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), ضمه (zamá) [feminine] (Pashto), پیش (pēš) (Persian), ضَمَّه (zamma) (Persian), да́мма (dámma) [feminine] (Russian), péés (Sundanese), panyuku (Sundanese), замма (zamma) (Tajik), пеш (peš) (Tajik), damma (Turkish), ötre (Turkish), پیش (peś) [masculine] (Urdu), ضَمَّہ (zamma) [masculine] (Urdu), zamma (Uzbek), pesh (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-damma-en-noun-D6JKT7E8 Disambiguation of Arabic letter names: 59 41 Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Pashto translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Sundanese translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 60 40 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)': 66 34
  2. In Iranian Persian ـُ represents the vowel /o/. If the letter ـو immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ow/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ow/ did not occur.
    Sense id: en-damma-en-noun-lWnLdiOY Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ḍamma, Damma, dammah Related terms: fatha, kasra, sukun, shadda, tashkil

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ض م م"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma, “a joining”), instance noun of the verb ضَمَّ (ḍamma, “to join”). Refers to the joining of the lips together when making an /u/ sound.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dammas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damma",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "damma"
      },
      "expansion": "damma (plural dammas or damma)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fatha"
    },
    {
      "word": "kasra"
    },
    {
      "word": "sukun"
    },
    {
      "word": "shadda"
    },
    {
      "word": "tashkil"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "Arabic",
          "Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "u",
          "u"
        ],
        [
          "ـُ",
          "ـُ"
        ],
        [
          "و",
          "و#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In Iranian Persian ـُ represents the vowel /o/. If the letter ـو immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ow/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ow/ did not occur."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Iranian",
          "Iranian"
        ],
        [
          "Persian",
          "Persian"
        ],
        [
          "ـُ",
          "ـ#Persian"
        ],
        [
          "ـو",
          "و#Persian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ḍamma"
    },
    {
      "word": "Damma"
    },
    {
      "word": "dammah"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍamma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ضَمَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "zəmmə"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hékǒufú",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "合口符"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "damma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Damma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "damma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "ダンマ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "damma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "дамма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "damma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "담마"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "ber",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "بەر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bor",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "بۆر"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "zeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zemme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "baris depan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "baris di hadapan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "dammah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "zamá",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ضمه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "roman": "pēš",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "پیش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "roman": "zamma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "ضَمَّه"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "pēš",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "پیش"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "zamma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "ضَمَّه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "piš",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "پیش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "zamme",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "ضَمِّه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dámma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "да́мма"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "péés"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "panyuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zamma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "замма"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "peš",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "пеш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "damma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "ötre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "peś",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پیش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zamma",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ضَمَّہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "zamma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point \"u\" (ḍamma)",
      "word": "pesh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damma"
}

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