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maddah

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From Arabic مَدَّة (madda).

noun maddahs

Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (آ (ʔā) "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: آسِف (ʔāsif) or in the middle of a word: قُرْآن (qurʔān).
In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
In Persian the letter is used only in the beginning of a word with a long /aː/: آمدن (âmadan).

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noun Arabic diacritic

日本語	マッダ madda
Français	madda
Русский	ма́дда mádda
العربية	مَدَّة madda
עברית	מַדַּה mada

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"maddah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maddah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"maddah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/maddah.

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@misc{maddah_2026,
  title = {maddah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maddah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}