shadda

shadda

English

WOTD – 23 November 2008

A shadda (1)

Alternative forms

• shaddah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة‎ (šadda).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃada/, /ˈʃadə/, /ˈʃadːa/, /ˈʃadːə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑ.dɑ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

shadda (plural shaddas)

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

Related terms

• tashdid (“provision of a shadda”)

Translations

diacritic used in the Arabic script

Arabic: شَدَّة‎ (ar) f (šadda), تَشْدِيد‎ m (tašdīd) Azerbaijani: təşdid, şəddə Chinese: Mandarin: 疊音符／叠音符 (diéyīnfú) French: chadda (fr) f, tachdîd f German: Schadda n, Taschdid m Hausa: shaddā̀ (ha) f Hebrew: שַׁדָּה‎ (he) f (shadá) Japanese: シャッダ (shadda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گیرە‎ (ku) (gîre) Malay: sabdu, syaddah, tasydid Persian: تشدید‎ (fa) (tašdid) Punjabi: Shahmukhi: شَدّ‎ f (śadd), تَشْدِیْد‎ m (taśdīd) Russian: ша́дда (ru) f (šádda), ташди́д (ru) m (tašdíd) Tajik: шадда (šadda), ташдид (tašdid) Turkish: teşdid (tr), şedde (tr) Uzbek: shadda, tashdid (uz) Walloon: chedda (wa) f

See also

• fatḥa
• kasra
• ḍamma
• sukūn
• taškīl

Anagrams

• Hadads

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃád.dàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃád.dàː]

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

1. cotton brocade

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة‎ (šadda, “strengthening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃád.dàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃád.dàː]

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

1. shadda (gemination diacritic in Arabic script)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃâd.dáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃâd.dáː]

Noun

shâddā f (plural shaddōdī, possessed form shâddar̃)

1. pit latrine