Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 3, 2008 11:10
16 yrs ago
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Arabic term
همزة الوصل
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
شكرا
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | hamza(t) al-wasl |
Aisha Maniar
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| 4 +3 | Hamzatu l-waṣl |
Mona Ragaei
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| 5 | glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive |
amky
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| 4 | Mark of crasis |
ArabInk
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| 4 | Glottal soft catch |
kifahl
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| 3 | conjunctive hamza |
translatol
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Proposed translations
+3
3 mins
Aisha Maniar
Native in English
Works in field
French/Arabic-English legal translator
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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hamza(t) al-wasl
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
They need to be (mainly) transcribed and followed by an explanation
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you"
+3
5 mins
Mona Ragaei
Kuwait
Kuwait
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Kuwait
Legal and financial written translation
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic, English to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 1 more.
Hamzatu l-waṣl
34 mins
glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive
glottal stop is a type of consonantal sound
Example sentence:
a voicelss glotal plosive
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mohsin Alabdali
13 hrs
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Many Thanks
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ArabInk
: Glottal stop is همزة القطع, not همزة الوصل
1 day 1 hr
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1 hr
Mark of crasis
"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
7 hrs
translatol
Native in English
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Catalan to English
conjunctive hamza
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.
Anyway 'conjunctive' expresses wasl quite well. But if you don't know what a hamza is, conjunctive doesn't help much.
12 hrs
Glottal soft catch
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-01-03 23:46:09 GMT)
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or Glottal catch
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-01-03 23:46:09 GMT)
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or Glottal catch
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