maddah

Noun

Meaning

Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ‎ (ʔā) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: آسف‎ (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قرآن‎ (qurʔān).

In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.

In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن‎ (âmadan).

Examples

Al Maddah said foreign pilgrims must be aged between 18 and 50 and that they must remain three days in quarantine upon their arrival in the Kingdom. Source: Internet

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