tashkil

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noun

vowelization, vocalization or diacritization—the various diacritics, taken collectively, that are attached to Arabic letters in certain styles of writing and that indicate such features as vowels and gemination (consonant doubling) and absence of any vowels.

OriginArabic تَشْكِيل →
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Meanings

nountashkil (uncountable)

alternative tashkīl · alternative tashkiil · alternative tashkeel

  1. uncountablevowelization, vocalization or diacritization—the various diacritics, taken collectively, that are attached to Arabic letters in certain styles of writing and that indicate such features as vowels and gemination (consonant doubling) and absence of any vowels.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
vocalizationvowelization

Origin

  1. Arabicتَشْكِيل
  2. Englishtashkil

Borrowed from Arabic تَشْكِيل (taškīl).

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APA

tashkil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tashkil

MLA

“tashkil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tashkil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tashkil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tashkil.

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