hamza

See also: Hamza

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).

Noun

hamza (plural hamzas)

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".
   • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 33:

     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.

Usage notes

• Often transliterated with a right half ring (ʾ), or loosely with an apostrophe (').

Derived terms

• hamzated
• unhamzated

Translations

Arabic sign representing a glottal stop

• Arabic: هَمْزَة (ar) f (hamza)
• Armenian: համզա (hamza)
• Azerbaijani: həmzə
• Belarusian: га́мза (be) f (hámza)
• Catalan: hamza f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈姆扎 (hāmǔzhā), 海姆宰 (hǎimǔzǎi)

• Finnish: hamza
• French: hamza (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰამზა (hamza)
• German: Hamza n, Hamsa n
• Greek: χάμζα (chámza)
• Hindi: हमज़ा (hamzā)
• Indonesian: hamzah (id)
• Italian: hamza f
• Japanese: ハムザ (hamuza)
• Kazakh: һамза (hamza)
• Korean: 함자 (hamja)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھەمزە (hemze)

  Northern Kurdish: hemze (ku)

• Malay: hamzah
• Ottoman Turkish: همزه (hemze)
• Pashto: همزه f (hamza)
• Persian: هَمْزِه (fa) (hamze)
• Polish: hamza (pl) f
• Russian: ха́мза (ru) f (xámza)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ха̀мза f

  Roman: hàmza (sh) f

• Slovak: hamza f
• Spanish: jamza
• Tajik: ҳамза (hamza)
• Tatar: һәмзә (hämzä)
• Thai: ฮัมซะฮ์ (th)
• Turkish: hemze
• Ukrainian: га́мза f (hámza)
• Urdu: ہَمْزَہ (hamza)
• Uyghur: ھەمزە (hemze)
• Uzbek: hamza (uz)

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).

Noun

hamza (plural hamzalar)

1. hamza (sign representing a glottal stop)

Declension

Declension of hamza

	singular	plural
nominative	hamza	hamzalar
genitive	hamzaning	hamzalarning
dative	hamzaga	hamzalarga
definite accusative	hamzani	hamzalarni
locative	hamzada	hamzalarda
ablative	hamzadan	hamzalardan
similative	hamzadek	hamzalardek

Possessive forms of hamza

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	hamzam	hamzalarim
genitive	hamzamning	hamzalarimning
dative	hamzamga	hamzalarimga
definite accusative	hamzamni	hamzalarimni
locative	hamzamda	hamzalarimda
ablative	hamzamdan	hamzalarimdan
similative	hamzamdek	hamzalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	hamzang	hamzalaring
genitive	hamzangning	hamzalaringning
dative	hamzangga	hamzalaringga
definite accusative	hamzangni	hamzalaringni
locative	hamzangda	hamzalaringda
ablative	hamzangdan	hamzalaringdan
similative	hamzangdek	hamzalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	hamzasi	hamzalari
genitive	hamzasining	hamzalarining
dative	hamzasiga	hamzalariga
definite accusative	hamzasini	hamzalarini
locative	hamzasida	hamzalarida
ablative	hamzasidan	hamzalaridan
similative	hamzasidek	hamzalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	hamzamiz	hamzalarimiz
genitive	hamzamizning	hamzalarimizning
dative	hamzamizga	hamzalarimizga
definite accusative	hamzamizni	hamzalarimizni
locative	hamzamizda	hamzalarimizda
ablative	hamzamizdan	hamzalarimizdan
similative	hamzamizdek	hamzalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	hamzangiz	hamzalaringiz
genitive	hamzangizning	hamzalaringizning
dative	hamzangizga	hamzalaringizga
definite accusative	hamzangizni	hamzalaringizni
locative	hamzangizda	hamzalaringizda
ablative	hamzangizdan	hamzalaringizdan
similative	hamzangizdek	hamzalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	hamzasi	hamzalari
genitive	hamzasining	hamzalarining
dative	hamzasiga	hamzalariga
definite accusative	hamzasini	hamzalarini
locative	hamzasida	hamzalarida
ablative	hamzasidan	hamzalaridan
similative	hamzasidek	hamzalaridek