hamza
MARK USED IN ARABIC-BASED ORTHOGRAPHIES; IN ARABIC, DENOTES A GLOTTAL STOP; IN URDU, MARKS DIPHTHONGS
أ; ء; ﺀ; ﺃ; ﺄ; ﺅ; ﺆ; ﺇ; ﺈ; ﺉ; ﺊ; ﺋ; ﺌ; ؤ; Waw hamza; Alif hamza; Yeh hamza; Alef hamza; Hamzah; ئ; إ; ٔ; ٕ; ٴ; همزة; Hemze
['hamz?]
¦ noun (in Arabic script) a symbol which represents a glottal stop.
Origin
Arab., lit. 'compression'.