hamza

Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).

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hamza (plural hamzas)

1. A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)‎) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ)‎ (over an alif [ا‎]), إ (ʔ)‎ (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ)‎ (over a wāw [و‎]) or ئ (ʔ)‎ (over a dotless yāʾ [ى‎]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".
   • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 33:

     Written words such as Qurʼan (which in written Arabic uses a symbol know as hamza to indicate the glottal stop) are rendered with an apostrophe.

• Often transliterated with a right half ring (ʾ), or loosely with an apostrophe (').

Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).

hamza (plural hamzalar)

1. hamza (sign representing a glottal stop)