hamza


ham·za

also ham·zah H0039800 (hăm′zə, häm′zä)n. A sign in Arabic orthography used to represent the sound of a glottal stop, transliterated in English as an apostrophe.
[Arabic, from hamaza, to urge on, goad; see hmz in Semitic roots.]

hamza

(ˈhɑːmzɑː; -zə) or

hamzah

n (Phonetics & Phonology) the sign used in Arabic to represent the glottal stop[from Arabic hamzah, literally: a compression]

ham•za

(ˈhɑm zɑ)

n., pl. -zas. a sign used in Arabic writing to represent a glottal stop, usu. shown in English transliterations as an apostrophe. [1935–40; < Arabic hamzah literally, a squeezing together]
Translations
хамза