Etymology

tashdid

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Today it means: Provision of a shadda symbol for Arabic words (sometimes also for Persian, Urdu, etc.), which shows gemination of consonants. Full definition →

Arabic تَشْدِيد
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromتَشْدِيد
  2. English todaytashdid

Borrowed from Arabic تَشْدِيد (tašdīd).

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