hamza

American  

[hahm-zah] / ˈhɑm zɑ /

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.

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hamza British  

/ ˈhɑːmzɑː, -zə /

noun

1. the sign used in Arabic to represent the glottal stop

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Etymology

Origin of hamza

First recorded in 1935–40, hamza is from the Arabic word ḥamzah literally, a squeezing together

Example Sentences

To overcome this barrier, Smetana teamed up with computational seismologists Rhys Hawkins and Jeannot Trampert from Utrecht University, along with Matthias Schlottbom and Muhammad Hamza Khalid from the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

From Science Daily

Anchored by Bollywood star Ranveer Singh's swaggering performance as Hamza, an Indian spy on a perilous mission in Karachi in Pakistan, the film traces his battles against criminal networks, shadowy operatives and personal demons - all framed against the backdrop of India-Pakistan tensions.

From BBC

One guide, Hamza, is worried that ongoing news coverage makes people feel the situation is still dangerous.

From BBC

"This is a tourist city; without tourism there is no life," Hamza laments.

From BBC

In what is believed to be a reference to Kimambi last month, Tanzania's Attorney-General Hamza Johari said it was "impossible" how "one person outside the country" was directing people through social media.

From BBC