همزة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه م ز (h-m-z).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ham.za/
  • IPA(key): /hu.ma.za/

Noun

هَمْزَة (hamza) f (plural هَمَزَات (hamazāt))

  1. hamza

Declension

See also

  • ء (ʾ)
  • أ (ʾ)
  • إ (ʾ)
  • ئ (ʾ)
  • ؤ (ʾ)
  • ٱ

Noun

هُمَزَة (humaza) m or f (plural هُمَزَات (humazāt))

  1. slanderer, detractor
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 104:1:
      وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍ
      waylun li-kulli humazatin lumazatin
      Woe to every slanderer [and] backbiter
    Synonyms: هَامِز (hāmiz), هَمَّاز (hammāz)

Declension

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