wasla

English

Alternative forms

waṣla

Etymology

From Arabic وَصْلَة‎ (waṣla).

Noun

wasla (plural 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 (ʾalifu l-waṣli), denotes elision, 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

Arabic: وَصْلَة‎‎ f (waṣla), هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ‎‎‎ f (hamzatu l-waṣli), أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ‎‎ f (ʾalifu l-waṣli)
French: wasla (fr) m
German: Wasla n

Persian: وصله‎‎ (fa) (vasle)
Russian: ва́сла (ru) f (vásla)
Tajik: васла (vasla)
Uzbek: vasla

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