Arabic

Letter

ء • ‎(ʾ) (هَمْزَةُ قَطْع ‎(hamzatu qaṭʿ))

1. Hamza (ء) is a letter in the Arabic alphabet that represents the glottal stop /ʔ/, but it is not one of the 28 full letters and does not have a place in the alphabet. The glottal stop may be written with آ (/ʔā/), أ (/ʔa/, /aʔ/), إ (/ʔi/), ؤ (/ʔu/, /uʔ/), ئ (/ʔi/, /iʔ/), or, usually after a long vowel, ء. For example: كِسَاء (/kisāʔ/).

See also

• آ ‎(ʾā)
• أ ‎(ʾ)
• إ ‎(ʾ)
• ؤ ‎(ʾ)
• ئ ‎(ʾ)
• ٱ
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [hamzah]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)], [ʔ]

Letter

ء

1. The thirty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

Persian

Pronunciation

It has the sound of a glottal stop [ʔ].

Letter

ء • ‎(hamzeh)

1. Hamzeh. Its name is همزه.

See also

• أ
• إ
• ؤ
• ئ

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /həmzɑɦ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ء • ‎(hamzah)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Urdu alphabet.

Forms

See also

• Previous letter: ہ
• Next letter: ی