EntityQ4119929· pop 9· linked from 173 articlesdagger alifSign in to saveform of the Arabic letter alif, written as a short vertical stroke on top of another letter; indicates a long /aː/ sound; e.g. هٰذَا hādhā, رَحْمٰن raḥmānConnectionsArabicEntityShuwaEntityArabic diacriticEntityshaddaEntityEgyptCountryIranCountrySudanCountryQur’anEntityInternational Standard Book NumberEntityAllahEntityArabic alphabetEntityMalteseEntitysociolinguisticsEntityEgyptian ArabicEntityArabic numeralEntityArabic scriptEntityArabic literatureEntityJawiEntityligatureEntitylanguage varietyEntityCategoriesArabic diacriticsArabic words and phrasesPhonetic guidesQuranic orthography