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lunar_letter

moon letter

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moon letter (plural moon letters)

  1. (linguistics) One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the "L" of a preceding definite article (ال- (al--)). The "L" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced "L" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن (al-qurʾān). The fourteen moon letters are:
ء (ʾ) , ب (b) , ج (j) , ح () , خ () , ع (ʿ) , غ () , ف (f) , ق (q) , ك (k) , م (m) , ه (h) , و (w) , ي (y)

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