| 释义 |
Definition of hamza in English: hamzanoun ˈhamzəˈhæmzə 1(in Arabic script) a symbol representing a glottal stop. Example sentencesExamples - The sign hamza also represents a glottal stop and is transliterated in the same way.
- Historically, qaf merged with the hamza (the glottal stop), except in some restricted domains mainly religious ones.
- Ibrahim Jaafari in Arabic begins with an alif for Ibrahim, the first letter of the alphabet (alif supports the glottal stop, hamza, which can serve as a chair for any of the three vowels, the equivalents of a, i or u).
- 1.1 A glottal stop.
Example sentencesExamples - I discovered that my students pronounce Latin "La'in," with a glottal stop as intense as any Cockney's, or as any Arabic hamza.
- Once again we see the the "q" becoming a glottal stop sound like "hamza."
Origin Arabic, literally 'compression'. Definition of hamza in US English: hamzanounˈhæmzəˈhamzə 1(in Arabic script) a symbol representing a glottal stop. Example sentencesExamples - Historically, qaf merged with the hamza (the glottal stop), except in some restricted domains mainly religious ones.
- The sign hamza also represents a glottal stop and is transliterated in the same way.
- Ibrahim Jaafari in Arabic begins with an alif for Ibrahim, the first letter of the alphabet (alif supports the glottal stop, hamza, which can serve as a chair for any of the three vowels, the equivalents of a, i or u).
- 1.1 A glottal stop.
Example sentencesExamples - I discovered that my students pronounce Latin "La'in," with a glottal stop as intense as any Cockney's, or as any Arabic hamza.
- Once again we see the the "q" becoming a glottal stop sound like "hamza."
Origin Arabic, literally ‘compression’. |