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* أ or إ - hamza (هَمْزَة) | * أ or إ - hamza (هَمْزَة) | ||
** The hamza (ء) can appear also above و as ؤ or above ى (alif maksura) as ئ. It means a glottal stop before the letter. | ** The hamza (ء) can appear also above و as ؤ or above ى (alif maksura) as ئ. It means a glottal stop before the letter. | ||
* دٰ ("d'''aa'''") - dagger alif (أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة, ''alif khanjarīyah'') | * دٰ ("d'''aa'''") - dagger (superscript) alif (أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة, ''alif khanjarīyah'') | ||
** Dagger alif (vertical line above a letter) means a long vowel "aa" after the letter. | ** Dagger alif (vertical line above a letter) means a long vowel "aa" after the letter. | ||
** It is used a lot in the Qu'ran in the Uthmani script, but in the modern Imla'ei script, the words are often written with regular alif placed after the letter instead. | ** It is used a lot in the Qu'ran in the Uthmani script, but in the modern Imla'ei script, the words are often written with regular alif placed after the letter instead. In the words zakat (زكاة) and salat (صلاة), there is a و with a superscript alif in the Uthmani script and it is read as a regular alif (ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ and زَّكَوٰةَ). | ||
** This diacritic is missing on Arabic keyboard layout. The Unicode number is U+0670. | ** This diacritic is missing on Arabic keyboard layout. The Unicode number is U+0670. | ||
* آ - alif maddah (أَلِف مَدَّة) <-- don't confuse with "dammah" | * آ - alif maddah (أَلِف مَدَّة) <-- don't confuse with "dammah" | ||