maddah

English

Etymology

From Arabic مَدَّة‎ (madda).

Noun

maddah (plural maddahs)

  1. Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. 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).
  2. In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
  3. In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن‎ (âmadan)

Translations
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.