Etymology

shadda

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Today it means: A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant. Full definition →

Arabic شَدَّة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromشَدَّة
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromشَدَّة
  3. English todayshadda

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة (šadda).

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