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How to pronounce “hamza”
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Pronunciation guide for hamza
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hamza with real speech in context.
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a picture in the book with his son Hamza, in which he was reading poetry to his kids.
- Definition summary
- A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".
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How to pronounce hamza
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a picture in the book with his son Hamza, in which he was reading poetry to his kids.
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A Deep Dive Into “hamza”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".
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