maddah

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Synonyms: daddah

Antonyms: daddah

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Noun

1. Arabic [[diacritic]] similar in appearance to a [[tilde]]. Over an [[alif]] ({{m|ar|آ}} "alif maddah"), 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: {{l|ar|آسِف}} or in the middle of a word: {{l|ar|قُرْآن}}.
2. In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
3. In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: {{l|fa|آمدن|tr=âmadan}}.

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