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单词 hamza
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Definition of hamza in English:

hamza

noun ˈhamzəˈhæmzə
  • 1(in Arabic script) a symbol representing a glottal stop.

    (阿拉语中)喉塞音的符号

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sign hamza also represents a glottal stop and is transliterated in the same way.
    • Historically, qaf merged with the hamza (the glottal stop), except in some restricted domains mainly religious ones.
    • Ibrahim Jaafari in Arabic begins with an alif for Ibrahim, the first letter of the alphabet (alif supports the glottal stop, hamza, which can serve as a chair for any of the three vowels, the equivalents of a, i or u).
    1. 1.1 A glottal stop.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I discovered that my students pronounce Latin "La'in," with a glottal stop as intense as any Cockney's, or as any Arabic hamza.
      • Once again we see the the "q" becoming a glottal stop sound like "hamza."

Origin

Arabic, literally 'compression'.

Definition of hamza in US English:

hamza

nounˈhæmzəˈhamzə
  • 1(in Arabic script) a symbol representing a glottal stop.

    (阿拉语中)喉塞音的符号

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Historically, qaf merged with the hamza (the glottal stop), except in some restricted domains mainly religious ones.
    • The sign hamza also represents a glottal stop and is transliterated in the same way.
    • Ibrahim Jaafari in Arabic begins with an alif for Ibrahim, the first letter of the alphabet (alif supports the glottal stop, hamza, which can serve as a chair for any of the three vowels, the equivalents of a, i or u).
    1. 1.1 A glottal stop.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I discovered that my students pronounce Latin "La'in," with a glottal stop as intense as any Cockney's, or as any Arabic hamza.
      • Once again we see the the "q" becoming a glottal stop sound like "hamza."

Origin

Arabic, literally ‘compression’.

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