Maddah
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Maddah is a noun meaning In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
Meaning
In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
More Meanings
- In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن (âmadan).
- Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسِف (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʔān).
Word Forms
- maddahs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shadda, fatha, shaddah, hamza, tashkil, hamzah.
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