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Gemination vs Tashkil - What's the difference?

gemination | tashkil |

As nouns the difference between gemination and tashkil

is that gemination is (phonetics) a phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally while tashkil is 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.

gemination

English

(wikipedia gemination)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (phonetics) A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.

    • Derived terms

    * degemination

    Related terms

    * geminate * Gemini

    See also

    * twinning

    tashkil

    English

    (Arabic diacritics)

    Alternative forms

    * * tashkiil * tashkeel

    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.

    • See also

    * fatha * kasra * damma * sukun * shadda * nikud * pinyin * zhuyin, bopomofo * furigana * pronunciation respelling