shadda

English

WOTD – 23 November 2008

A shadda (1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة‎ (šadda).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃada/, /ˈʃadə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑ.dɑ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

shadda (plural shaddas)

A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

Synonyms

(diacritic): tashdid

Translations

diacritic used in the Arabic script

Arabic: شَدَّة‎ f (šadda), تَشْدِيد‎ m (tašdīd)
Azerbaijani: təşdid, şəddə
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疊音符, 叠音符 (diéyīnfú)
French: chadda (fr) f, tachdîd f
German: Schadda n, Taschdid m
Hausa: shaddā̀ f
Japanese: シャッダ (shadda)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گیرە‎ (gîre)

Malay: sabdu, syaddah, tasydid
Persian: تشدید‎ (fa) (tašdid)
Russian: ша́дда (ru) f (šádda), ташди́д m (tašdíd)
Tajik: шадда (šadda), ташдид (tašdid)
Turkish: teşdid (tr), şedde (tr)
Uzbek: shadda, tashdid (uz)
Walloon: chedda (wa) f

See also

Anagrams

Hadads

Hausa

Etymology 1

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

cotton brocade

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة‎ (šadda, “strengthening”).

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

shadda (gemination diacritic in Arabic script)

Etymology 3

Noun

shâddā f (plural shaddōdī, possessed form shâddar̃)

pit latrine

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