different between alif vs hamza

English

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?alif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.l?f/

Noun

alif (plural alifs)

1. The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ?? (?alif).

Translations

See also

• aleph

Anagrams

• -afil, Fail, fail, fila

French

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?alif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lif/

Noun

alif m (plural alif)

1. alif (Arabic letter)

Anagrams

• fila

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (?alf).

Numeral

alìf f

1. thousand (principally used in dates)

   Synonym: dubu

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (?alif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lif/, [äl?if]
• Hyphenation: a?lif

Noun

alif f (invariable)

1. The name of the Arabic-script letter ?

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic ???? (?alaf, “forage, provender, feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l?f/

Noun

alif m

1. fodder, forage, feed

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “alif”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

English

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (hamza)

Noun

hamza (plural hamzas)

1. A sign (?? (?)? - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. ?? (?)? (over an alif - ???), ?? (?)? (under an alif), ?? (?)? (over a w?w - ?? (w)?) or ?? (?)? (over a dotless y?? - ???). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".

Usage notes

• Sometimes transliterated as an apostrophe.

Derived terms

• hamzated
• unhamzated

Translations