shadda

English

WOTD – 23 November 2008

A shadda (1)

Alternative forms

• shaddah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة‎ (šadda).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃada/, /ˈʃadə/, /ˈʃadːa/, /ˈʃadːə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑ.dɑ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

shadda (plural shaddas)

1. A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

Related terms

• tashdid (“provision of a shadda”)

Translations

diacritic used in the Arabic script

• Arabic: شَدَّة‎ (ar) f (šadda), تَشْدِيد‎ m (tašdīd)
• Azerbaijani: təşdid, şəddə
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疊音符／叠音符 (diéyīnfú)

• French: chadda (fr) f, tachdîd f
• German: Schadda n, Taschdid m
• Hausa: shaddā̀ (ha) f
• Hebrew: שַׁדָּה‎ (he) f (shadá)
• Japanese: シャッダ (shadda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گیرە‎ (ckb) (gîre)

• Malay: sabdu, syaddah, tasydid
• Persian: تشدید‎ (fa) (tašdid)
• Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi: شَدّ‎ f (śadd), تَشْدِیْد‎ m (taśdīd)

• Russian: ша́дда (ru) f (šádda), ташди́д (ru) m (tašdíd)
• Tajik: шадда (šadda), ташдид (tašdid)
• Turkish: teşdid (tr), şedde (tr)
• Uzbek: shadda, tashdid (uz)
• Walloon: chedda (wa) f

See also

• fatḥa
• kasra
• ḍamma
• sukūn
• taškīl

Anagrams

• Hadads

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃád.dàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃád.dàː]

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

1. cotton brocade

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة‎ (šadda, “strengthening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃád.dàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃád.dàː]

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

1. shadda (gemination diacritic in Arabic script)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃâd.dáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃâd.dáː]

Noun

shâddā f (plural shaddōdī, possessed form shâddar̃)

1. pit latrine