shadda

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UK/ˈʃada/UK/ˈʃadə/UK/ˈʃadːa/UK/ˈʃadːə/

noun

A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

OriginArabic شَدَّة →
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Meanings

nounshadda (plural shaddas)

plural shaddas · alternative shaddah

  1. A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

Origin

  1. Arabicشَدَّة
  2. Arabicشَدَّة
  3. Englishshadda

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة (šadda).

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Translations

Arabic شَدَّة, تَشْدِيد
  • شَدَّة (šadda)diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • تَشْدِيد (tašdīd)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Bengali তাশদিদ
  • তাশদিদ (taśdid)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Chinese Mandarin 疊音符 /叠音符
  • 疊音符 /叠音符 (diéyīnfú)diacritic used in the Arabic script
French chadda, tachdîd
  • chaddadiacritic used in the Arabic script
  • tachdîddiacritic used in the Arabic script
German Schadda, Taschdid
  • Schaddadiacritic used in the Arabic script
  • Taschdiddiacritic used in the Arabic script
Hebrew שַׁדָּה
  • שַׁדָּה (shadá)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Hindi तश्दीद
  • तश्दीद (taśdīd)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Indonesian tasydid
  • tasydiddiacritic used in the Arabic script
Japanese シャッダ
  • シャッダ (shadda)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Korean 샷다
  • 샷다 (syatda)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Malay sabdu, syaddah
  • sabdudiacritic used in the Arabic script
  • syaddahdiacritic used in the Arabic script
  • tasydiddiacritic used in the Arabic script
Punjabi شَدّ, تَشْدِیْد
  • شَدّ (śadd)diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • تَشْدِیْد (taśdīd)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Russian ша́дда, ташди́д
  • ша́дда (šádda)diacritic used in the Arabic script
  • ташди́д (tašdíd)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Turkish teşdid, şedde
  • teşdiddiacritic used in the Arabic script
  • şeddediacritic used in the Arabic script
Ukrainian ша́дда
  • ша́дда (šádda)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Urdu تَشْدِید
  • تَشْدِید (taśdīd)diacritic used in the Arabic script
Cite this entry
APA

shadda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shadda

MLA

“shadda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shadda. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shadda,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shadda.

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