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hamza

noun

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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A male given name from Arabic.
  3. A surname from Arabic.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza)bor. English hamza Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).

  1. 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".

    “Written words such as Qurʼan (which in written Arabic uses a symbol know as hamza to indicate the glottal stop) are rendered with an apostrophe.”