shadda

English

WOTD – 23 November 2008

A shadda

Alternative forms

shaddah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة (šadda).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃada/, /ˈʃadə/, /ˈʃadːa/, /ˈʃadːə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑ.dɑ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

shadda (plural shaddas)

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

Related terms

tashdid (“provision of a shadda”)

Translations

diacritic used in the Arabic script

Arabic: شَدَّة (ar) f (šadda), تَشْدِيد m (tašdīd)
Azerbaijani: təşdid, şəddə
Belarusian: ша́дда f (šádda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疊音符／叠音符 (diéyīnfú)
French: chadda (fr) f, tachdîd (fr) f
German: Schadda n, Taschdid m
Hausa: shaddā̀ (ha) f
Hebrew: שַׁדָּה (he) f (shadá)
Hindi: तश्दीद (taśdīd)
Indonesian: tasydid (id)
Japanese: シャッダ (shadda)
Korean: 샷다 (syatda)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گیرە (gîre)
Malay: sabdu, syaddah, tasydid
Persian: تَشْدید (fa) (tašdid)
Punjabi:
Shahmukhi: شَدّ f (śadd), تَشْدِیْد m (taśdīd)
Russian: ша́дда (ru) f (šádda), ташди́д (ru) m (tašdíd)
Tajik: шадда (šadda), ташдид (tašdid)
Turkish: teşdid (tr), şedde (tr)
Ukrainian: ша́дда f (šádda)
Urdu: تَشْدِید (taśdīd)
Uzbek: shadda, tashdid (uz)
Walloon: chedda (wa) f

See also

Anagrams

Hadads

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃád.dàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃád.dàː]

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

cotton brocade

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَدَّة (šadda, “strengthening”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃád.dàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃád.dàː]

Noun

shaddā̀ f (possessed form shaddàr̃)

shadda (gemination diacritic in Arabic script)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃâd.dáː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʃâd.dáː]

Noun

shâddā f (plural shaddōdī, possessed form shâddar̃)

pit latrine

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