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hamza

[ hahm-zah ]

noun

  1. the sign used in Arabic writing to represent the glottal stop, usually written above another letter and shown in English transliterations as an apostrophe.


hamza

/ ˈhɑːmzɑː; -zə /

noun

  1. the sign used in Arabic to represent the glottal stop
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hamza1

First recorded in 1935–40, hamza is from the Arabic word ḥa literally, a squeezing together
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hamza1

from Arabic hamzah, literally: a compression
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Meanwhile, Islamic Jihad - whose fighters participated in the 7 October 2023 attack which triggered the current conflict - said the prominent spokesman of its armed wing, known as Abu Hamza, was killed.

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Hamza Pervez, 21, said he relied on food banks and, along with his stepmother, depended on Universal Credit and PIP to survive because "not everyone on benefits can work".

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The midfielder pointed to match-winner Hamza Igamane and mouthed the Moroccan's name after his stunning strike clinched a second Old Firm win in a row.

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Last year, Hamza Tahir, who was capped 49 times for Scotland, claimed he was the victim of racial discrimination and launched an unfair dismissal case after his contract was not renewed.

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The BBC has found evidence that in 2020, an Omani man of the same age and with the near-identical of name of Hamza Al-Huseini briefly lived in an Urban Evolution building in Liverpool called Parliament Place.

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