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wasla

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A diacritic added to the Arabic letter alif ا to form ٱ, also called "hamzatu l-waṣli" - هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli) or "alifu l-waṣli" - أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ (ʔalifu l-waṣli). It denotes elision and is seldom used in practice in fully vocalised Arabic texts, only to highlight that the alif is silent هَمْزَةُ ٱلْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli) = هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli).

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History

Etymology

From Arabic وَصْلَةٌ (waṣlatun).

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَصْلَة (waṣla) — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • Arabic: هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli) — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • Arabic: أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ (ʔalifu l-waṣli) — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • French: wasla — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • German: Wasla — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • Persian: وصله (vasle) — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • Russian: ва́сла (vásla) — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • Tajik: васла (vasla) — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
  • Uzbek: vasla — an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif