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fatha
fatha
English
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A fatḥa
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɑːthɑ/
Noun
Examples |
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دَ (da): /da/. |
fatha (plural fathas)
- In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʾalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʾalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.
- The vowel designated by this mark.
Translations
in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a"
See also
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Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- kasra
- damma (ḍamma)
- sukun (sukūn)
- shadda (šadda)
- tashkil, taškīl
Etymology 2
Alteration of father.
Pronunciation
- (Geordie) IPA(key): /fæðæ/
Noun
fatha (plural fathas)