Standard Lemma guide

shadda

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈʃada/
  • UK: /ˈʃadə/
  • UK: /ˈʃadːa/
  • UK: /ˈʃadːə/
  • US: /ˈʃɑ.dɑ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة (šadda).

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَدَّة (šadda) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Arabic: تَشْدِيد (tašdīd) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Azerbaijani: təşdid — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Azerbaijani: şəddə — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Belarusian: ша́дда (šádda) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Bengali: তাশদিদ (taśdid) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疊音符 /叠音符 (diéyīnfú) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • French: chadda — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • French: tachdîd — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • German: Schadda — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • German: Taschdid — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Hausa: shaddā̀ — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Hebrew: שַׁדָּה (shadá) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Hindi: तश्दीद (taśdīd) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Indonesian: tasydid — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Japanese: シャッダ (shadda) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Korean: 샷다 (syatda) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Central Kurdish: گیرە (gîre) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Malay: sabdu — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Malay: syaddah — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Malay: tasydid — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Pashto: تشديد (tašdid) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Dari: تَشْدِید (tašdīd) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Iranian Persian: تَشْدید (tašdid) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Punjabi: شَدّ (śadd) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Punjabi: تَشْدِیْد (taśdīd) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Russian: ша́дда (šádda) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Russian: ташди́д (tašdíd) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Tajik: шадда (šadda) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Tajik: ташдид (tašdid) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Turkish: teşdid — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Turkish: şedde — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Ukrainian: ша́дда (šádda) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Urdu: تَشْدِید (taśdīd) — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Uzbek: shadda — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Uzbek: tashdid — diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Walloon: chedda — diacritic used in the Arabic script