A male given name from Arabic. / The Muslim Sahabi Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib. / A surname from Arabic.

A sign (ء (ʾ) - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʾ) (over an alif - ا), إ (ʾ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʾ) (over a wāw - و (w)) or ئ (ʾ) (over a dotless yāʾ - ى). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".

plural of hamza

(Arabic linguistics, of a verb or root) Having a hamza (ء (ʾ)) as one of its radicals, which may be realised as ء (ʾ) (stand-alone hamza), أ (ʾ), آ (ʾā), إ (ʾ), ؤ (ʾ) or ئ (ʾ) in writing, depending on the surrounding vowels and consonants. The exact orthography is determined by the rules of the seat of hamza.

Alternative form of hamza

plural of hamzah