Definitions For Hamza
Noun
HAMZA (plural HAMZAs) A sign ({{l, ar, ء}}{{LR}} - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. {{l, ar, أ}}{{LR}} (over an alif - {{l, ar, ا}}{{LR}}), {{l, ar, إ}}{{LR}} (under an alif), {{l, ar, ؤ}}{{LR}} (over a waw, wāw - {{l, ar, و}}{{LR}}) or {{l, ar, ئ}}{{LR}} (over a dotless yaa, yāʾ - {{l, ar, ى}}{{LR}}). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".Usage notes
Sometimes transliterated as an apostrophe.Derived terms
hamzated unhamzatedTranslations
Arabic: هَمْزَة, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 哈姆扎 (hāmǔzhā, sc=Hani) Finnish: hamza French: hamza, m German: Hamza, n, Hamsa, n Japanese: ハムザ (hamuza) Kazakh: һамза, sc=Cyrl Malay: hamzah Persian: همزه, tr=hamze, sc=fa-Arab Polish: hamza, f Russian: ха́мза, f Turkish: hemze Uyghur: ھەمزەEtymology
From {{etyl, ar, en}} هَمْزَة,Is Hamza a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
19
The word Hamza is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends