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See also: ا, ٵ, and أ

ٱ U+0671, ٱ ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA ← ◌ٰ [U+0670] Arabic ٲ → [U+0672]

ﭐ U+FB50, ﭐ ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA ISOLATED FORM ← ﭏ [U+FB4F] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭑ → [U+FB51]

ﭑ U+FB51, ﭑ ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA FINAL FORM ← ﭐ [U+FB50] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭒ → [U+FB52]

Arabic

Letter

ٱ • (hamzatu l-waṣli)

1. alif carrying the waṣla sign (ٱ) indicates liaison with the preceding word and means that the hamza is suppressed. It is more commonly indicated by a regular alif without a hamza (ا). It occurs, for example, in the definite article ٱل (l-), ٱسْم (sm-), ٱبْن (bn-), imperative verbs, and the perfective aspect of verb forms VII to X, but is not pronounced following a vowel: (e.g., البيت ٱلكبير is read al-baytu l-kabīru). It occurs only at the beginning of a word that is not initial in a word group, or the beginning of a word following a prefixed preposition or conjunction.

   هُوَ ٱبْنُ ٱلمُدَرِّسِ (huwa bnu l-mudarrisi, “He is the teacher’s son.”)

   وَٱسْمُ ٱلبِنْتِ أَنْهَارُ (wasmu l-binti ʔanhāru, “And the daughter’s name is Anhar.”)

See also

• هَمْزَةُ ٱلوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli)