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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 hamzahn (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 |