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hamza

n. A sign ((l ar ء)(LR) - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter or most commonly over or under other letters, e.g. (l ar أ‎)(LR) (over an alif - (l ar ا)(LR)), (l ar إ‎)(LR) (under an alif), (l ar ؤ‎‎)(LR) (over a waw - (l ar و)(LR)) or (l ar ئ‎‎‎)(LR) (over a dotless yaa - (l ar ى)(LR)). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".

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Hamza (disambiguation)

Hamza (, ) is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop although it is not one of the 28 "full" letters of Arabic.

Hamza and Ḥamza may refer to:

Hamza

Hamza (, ) is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters, and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the standard writing system. It is derived from the Arabic letter . In the Phoenician and Aramaic alphabets, from which the Arabic alphabet is descended, the glottal stop was expressed by aleph , continued by alif in the Arabic alphabet. However, alif was used to express both a glottal stop and a long vowel . To indicate that a glottal stop, and not a mere vowel, was intended, hamza was added diacritically to alif. In modern orthography, under certain circumstances, hamza may also appear on the line, as if it were a full letter, independent of an alif. In Unicode it is at the codepoint U+0621 and named 'ARABIC LETTER HAMZA'.

Hamza (name)

Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah; , standardized transliteration is ) is a masculine given name in the Muslim world, derived from the Arabic word ḥamuza, meaning strong or steadfast. It was borne by one of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, an early Islamic convert renowned for his strength and bravery in battle.

Hamza (Pakistani politician)

Hamza is a Pakistani politician and a member of Senate of Pakistan, affiliated with Awami National Party.

Usage examples of "hamza".

The only way we found out about it was from defectors such as Hussein Kamel and Khidhir Hamza.

Khidhir Hamza with Jeff Stein, Saddam's Bombmaker (New York: Scribner, 2000), pp.

That was when the lion--men started chasing them, and after a long pursuit they were cornered, the booziness draining out of them on account of their fear, they were staring into the red masks of death when Hamza arrived just in time.

The tension bursts out of Khalid: he squares up to old Hamza, demands, Are you saying that the Messenger is weak?

Though the truth is less glorious than the eulogies: Hamza has many times been defeated in combat, saved by friends or lucky chances, rescued from lions' jaws.