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Shadda vs Sukun - What's the difference?

shadda | sukun | see also |

As nouns the difference between shadda and sukun

is that shadda is a diacritic (ـّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant while sukun is a diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

shadda

English

(wikipedia shadda) (Arabic diacritics)

Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * (diacritic) tashdid

    See also

    * fat?a * kasra * ?amma * suk?n * tašk?l ----

    sukun

    English

    (Arabic diacritics)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diacritic () used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

    • See also

    * fatha () * kasra * damma () * shadda () * tashkil ()