transliterated ʾ) is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic ʾalif ا‎, Aramaic ʾālap 𐡀, Hebrew ʾālef א‎, North Arabian 𐪑, Phoenician ʾālep 𐤀...

descended, the glottal stop was expressed by alif (𐤀), continued by Alif (ا) in the Arabic alphabet. However, Alif was used to express both a glottal...

following examples): ⟨دَ⟩ /da/. When a fatḥah is placed before a plain letter ⟨ا⟩ (alif) (i.e. one having no hamza or vowel of its own), it represents a long...

Allah (/ˈælə, ˈɑːlə, əˈlɑː/; Arabic: ﷲ IPA: [əɫ.ɫɑːh] ) is the Arabic word for God, particularly the God of Abraham. Outside of the Middle East, it is...

As in Persian, the alif hamza (⟨أ⟩ ’) is rarely used in initial position and is replaced instead by a plain alif (⟨ا⟩); the ta marbuta (⟨ة⟩, appearing...

on both sides by short horizontal lines, but six letters (و ,ز ,ر ,ذ ,د ,ا) can only be linked to their preceding letter. In addition, some letter combinations...

letter. (ا‎, د‎, ذ‎, ر‎, ز‎, و‎, ۏ‎) The letter hamzah may also appear in its three-quarter form "ء" (hamzah tiga suku), above alif "أ", below alif "إ" or...

diacritics of the vowel, "اَ‎" [a]. Vowel phoneme [ɔ] is represented with "آ‎" when at the beginning of a word, and with "ـا / ا‎" when in the middle or...

دل ہی دکھانے کے لیے آ آ پھر سے مجھے چھوڑ کے جانے کے لیے آ پہلے سے مراسم نہ سہی پھر بھی کبھی تو رسم و رہِ دنیا ہی نبھانے کے لیے آ کس کس کو بتائیں گے جدائی...

three vowels, which may be short or long. There are three letters in Arabic (ا ,و ,ي‎) that can also represent long vowels, but in general, short vowel diacritics...