moon letter
moon letter - English
Noun
moon letter ( plural moon letters )
( linguistics ) One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the "L" of a preceding definite article (ال - ( al-- ) ). The "L" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced "L" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن ( al-qurʔān ) . The fourteen moon letters are: ء ( ʔ ) , ب ( b ) , ج ( j ) , ح ( ḥ ) , خ ( ḵ ) , ع ( ʕ ) , غ ( ḡ ) , ف ( f ) , ق ( q ) , ك ( k ) , م ( m ) , ه ( h ) , و ( w ) , ي ( y )
Translations
moon letter
Arabic: حَرْف قَمَرِيّ m ( ḥarf qamariyy ) (plural: حُرُوف قَمَرِيَّة m pl ( ḥurūf qamariyya ) )
French: lettre lunaire f
German: Mondbuchstabe m
Kazakh: ай әрпі ( ai ärpı )
Malay: huruf kamariah
Maltese: konsonanti qamrin
Russian: лу́нная бу́ква f ( lúnnaja búkva )
Spanish: letra lunar f
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