Englisch-Lettisch Übersetzung für maddah

Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif , it indicates glottal stop, /ʔ/, followed by a long /aː/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: or in the middle of a word:
In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/:

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