shadda

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shadda

/ˈʃada/ UK
/ˈʃadə/ UK
/ˈʃadːa/ UK
/ˈʃadːə/ UK
/ˈʃɑ.dɑ/ US

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Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة (šadda).

noun shaddas · shaddah

A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

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noun diacritic used in the Arabic script

한국어	샷다 syatda
日本語	シャッダ shadda
中文	疊音符 /叠音符 diéyīnfú
हिन्दी	तश्दीद taśdīd
Français	chadda, tachdîd
Deutsch	Schadda, Taschdid
Русский	ша́дда šádda, ташди́д tašdíd
العربية	شَدَّة šadda, تَشْدِيد tašdīd
עברית	שַׁדָּה shadá

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

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shadda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shadda

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

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@misc{shadda_2026,
  title = {shadda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shadda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}