همزه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ham.za]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.zä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.zä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.zä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.zä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.ze]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.zä]

Readings
Classical reading?	hamza
Dari reading?	hamza
Iranian reading?	hamze
Tajik reading?	hamza

Noun

همزه • (hamze) (plural همزات or همزه‌ها (hamze-hâ))

1. the hamza (an Arabic letter representing the glottal stop)