moon letter

moon letter - English

Noun

moon letter (plural moon letters)

  1. (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 (), خ (), ع (ʕ), غ (), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), م (m), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)

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  • 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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