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ء U+0621, ء ARABIC LETTER HAMZA ← ؠ [U+0620] Arabic آ → [U+0622]

ﺀ U+FE80, ﺀ ARABIC LETTER HAMZA ISOLATED FORM ← ﹿ [U+FE7F] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺁ → [U+FE81]

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Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ء or هَمْزَةُ قَطْع‎ • (ʾ or hamzatu qaṭʿ)

1. Hamza (ء) is a letter in the Arabic alphabet that represents the glottal stop /ʔ/, but it is not one of the 28 full letters and does not have a place in the alphabet. The glottal stop may be written with آ‎ (/ʔaː/), أ‎ (/ʔa/, /aʔ/), إ‎ (/ʔi/), ؤ‎ (/ʔu/, /uʔ/), ئ‎ (/ʔi/, /iʔ/), or, usually after a long vowel, ء‎. For example: كِسَاء‎ (/kisaːʔ/).

See also

• آ‎ (ʾā)
• أ‎ (ʾ)
• إ‎ (ʾ)
• ؤ‎ (ʾ)
• ئ‎ (ʾ)
• ٱ‎
• Arabic alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [hamzah]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)], [ʔ]

Letter

ء

1. The thirty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

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Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔ]

Letter

ء • (hamzeh)

1. Hamzeh. Its name is همزه‎.

See also

• أ‎
• إ‎
• ؤ‎
• ئ‎

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /həmzɑɦ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

ء • (hamzah)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Urdu alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ء	ـء	ـءـ	ءـ

See also

• Previous letter: ہ‎
• Next letter: ی‎

See also

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