introduces a positive yes-no question / indicates a suggestion / indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions

Used to make a request

do you speak English?

(to a man) do you believe in God?

(to a woman) do you believe in God?

Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

crescent, crescent moon / moonlight, glow, aura

a surname

the Fertile Crescent

to perish, to die, to be destroyed, to expire, to succumb / to go away (+عَنْ (ʕan))