damma (English, noun)
expansion: damma (plural dammas or damma)
Senses:
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glosses: In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.
glosses: In Iranian Persian ـُ represents the vowel /o/. If the letter ـو immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ow/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ow/ did not occur.
Forms:
form: dammas
tags: plural
form: damma
tags: plural
form: ḍamma
tags: alternative
form: Damma
tags: alternative
form: dammah
tags: alternative