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همزة الوصل

English translation: hamza(t) al-wasl

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Arabic term or phrase:همزة الوصل
English translation:hamza(t) al-wasl
Entered by: duraid

11:10 Jan 3, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Arabic term or phrase: همزة الوصل
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duraid
Australia
Local time: 21:18
hamza(t) al-wasl
Explanation:
these aren't really Kudoz questions...you should try a dictionary or a website for non-Arabs learning Arabic...these are linguistic devices peculiar to Arabic.
They need to be (mainly) transcribed and followed by an explanation
Selected response from:

Aisha Maniar
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3hamza(t) al-wasl
Aisha Maniar
4 +3Hamzatu l-waṣl
Mona Ragaei
5glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive
amky
4Mark of crasis
ArabInk
4Glottal soft catch
kifahl
3conjunctive hamza
translatol


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
hamza(t) al-wasl


Explanation:
these aren't really Kudoz questions...you should try a dictionary or a website for non-Arabs learning Arabic...these are linguistic devices peculiar to Arabic.
They need to be (mainly) transcribed and followed by an explanation

Aisha Maniar
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Dardeer
27 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Steve Booth
6 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
13 hrs
  -> thank you
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Hamzatu l-waṣl


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzatu_l-wasl


Mona Ragaei
Kuwait
Local time: 14:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sajjad Hamadani
21 mins
agree  Steve Booth
6 hrs
agree  Saleh Ayyub
8 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive


Explanation:
glottal stop is a type of consonantal sound

Example sentence(s):
  • a voicelss glotal plosive

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop
amky
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 14:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
13 hrs
  -> Many Thanks
disagree  ArabInk: Glottal stop is همزة القطع, not همزة الوصل
1 day 1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Mark of crasis


Explanation:
"Crasis" is about as close as we can get in English, but it isn't entirely accurate, technically. "Sandhi" is more general. I'm not aware of any term in English that captures the full meaning of همزة الوصل


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crasis
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhi
ArabInk
Local time: 06:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
conjunctive hamza


Explanation:
The translation given in the Wehr.
Anyway 'conjunctive' expresses wasl quite well. But if you don't know what a hamza is, conjunctive doesn't help much.


translatol
Local time: 12:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Glottal soft catch


Explanation:
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-01-03 23:46:09 GMT)
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or Glottal catch

kifahl
Australia
Local time: 21:18
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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