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In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.
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In Iranian Persian ـُ represents the vowel /o/. If the letter ـو immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ow/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ow/ did not occur.
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Alternative form of damma.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, no-plural
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Borrowed from Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma, “a joining”), instance noun of the verb ضَمَّ (ḍamma, “to join”). Refers to the joining of the lips together when making an /u/ sound.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ضَمَّة
(ḍamma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Azerbaijani:
zəmmə
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Chinese Mandarin:
合口符
(hékǒufú)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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French:
damma
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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German:
Damma
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Hindi:
पेश
(peś)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Hindi:
ज़म्मा
(zammā)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Japanese:
ダンマ
(damma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Kazakh:
дамма
(damma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Korean:
담마
(damma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Central Kurdish:
بەر
(ber)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Central Kurdish:
بۆر
(bor)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Northern Kurdish:
zeme
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Northern Kurdish:
zemme
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Malay:
baris depan
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Malay:
baris di hadapan
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Malay:
dammah
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Pashto:
ضمه
(zamá)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Persian:
پیش
(pēš)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Persian:
ضَمَّه
(zamma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Dari:
پیش
(pēš)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Dari:
ضَمَّه
(zamma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Iranian Persian:
پیش
(piš)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Iranian Persian:
ضَمِّه
(zamme)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Russian:
да́мма
(dámma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Sundanese:
péés
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Sundanese:
panyuku
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Tajik:
замма
(zamma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Tajik:
пеш
(peš)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Turkish:
damma
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Turkish:
ötre
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Urdu:
پیش
(peś)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Urdu:
ضَمَّہ
(zamma)
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Uzbek:
zamma
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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Uzbek:
pesh
— an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
