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The 'alif maddah is an alif with a special sign above, called maddah مدة ("lengthening"):
As for instance, the word qur#aan قرآن:
If we take away the maddah مدة sign, the same letters قران read qiraan قران, a different word with a different meaning.
Almost all instances of #aa آ are written this way (there are a few exceptions we'll see later).
Copyright (c) 2001-2009
Jordi Mas Trullenque.
email: jordimastrullenque at gmail dot com
http://purl.oclc.org/net/arabe/alifmaddah.en.html
Last revised: 2008-06-02
| #alif hamzah ألف همزة |
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