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English
Etymology
Pseudo-Arabism.
Noun
wasla (plural waslas or wasla)
- (linguistics) A diacritic added to the Arabic letter alif ا to form ٱ, also called "hamzatu l-waṣli" - هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli) or "alifu l-waṣli" - أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ (ʔalifu l-waṣli). It denotes elision and is seldom used in practice in fully vocalised Arabic texts, only to highlight that the alif is silent هَمْزَةُ ٱلْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli) = هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli)
Translations
an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif
Anagrams
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic وَصْلَة (waṣla).
Pronunciation
Noun
wasla f (dual wasaltajn, plural wasliet)
- an arrival
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:Ja Sena Ġdida,
għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
sew f’nofs il-lejl
int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu- (please add an English translation of this quotation)