"ال" meaning in Hijazi Arabic

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلْ (al-)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic اَلْ (al-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "الـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "al-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "article",
        "head": "الـ",
        "tr": "al-"
      },
      "expansion": "الـ • (al-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hijazi Arabic",
  "lang_code": "acw",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hijazi Arabic articles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hijazi Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 13 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the definite article; the"
      ],
      "id": "en-ال-acw-article-ogGZhesH",
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/al/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اَلْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اَلْ (al-)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic اَلْ (al-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "الـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "al-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "article",
        "head": "الـ",
        "tr": "al-"
      },
      "expansion": "الـ • (al-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hijazi Arabic",
  "lang_code": "acw",
  "pos": "article",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hijazi Arabic articles",
        "Hijazi Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hijazi Arabic lemmas",
        "Hijazi Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
        "Hijazi Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Pages with 13 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the definite article; the"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/al/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "note": "before sun letters"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ال"
}