moon letter
noun Arabic Grammar.
any letter, as bā or mīm, representing a consonant that does not assimilate the l of a prefixed definite article.
Nearby words
moon dog, moon face, moon gate, moon jellyfish, moon knife, moon letter, moon pillar, moon pool, moon rat, moon shell, moon, sun myung
Compare sun letter.
Origin of moon letter
translation of Arabic al-ḥuruf al-qamorīyah, so called from the use of al-qamar (the moon) to illustrate nonassimilation of l in al the
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