HAMZA


Meaning of HAMZA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

or ham·zah ˈham-zə, ˈhäm-

Etymology: Arabic hamza, literally, compression

Date: 1813

: the sign for a glottal stop in Arabic orthography usually represented in English by an apostrophe

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