English Explanatory Dictionary

majhul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A class of vowel used in various Arabic script languages, including Persian, Kurdish, and Urdu, among others:
  2. A vowel phoneme that does not have a phonemic equivalent in Classical Arabic.
  3. A semivowel, or other vocalic character, with a reading that is phonemically distinct from its normal pronunciation in Classical Arabic.
  4. A conditional allophone of a vowel phoneme that appears in proximity to certain guttural consonants.

Word forms

majhul majhuls majhūl

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَجْهُول (majhūl), from Arabic مَجْهُول (majhūl, “unknown”).

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