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Ḍammah
As a keen learner of Arabic, you could be wondering about the tiny symbols on the already fancy alphabets.
We will explore one symbol(ie. vowel) at a time.In this chapter we will learn about the vowel dhammah. It is a comma like symbol placed above a given alphabet.The alphabet that carries a dhammah above it is pronounced similar to a consonant followed by a "u" or "o" in the English language.
As a keen learner of Arabic, you could be wondering about the tiny symbols on the already fancy alphabets.
We will explore one symbol(ie. vowel) at a time.
In this chapter we will learn about the vowel dhammah. It is a comma like symbol placed above a given alphabet.
The ḍammah ⟨ضَمَّة⟩ is a small curl-like diacritic placed above a letter to represent a short /u/ (and sounds like the 'oo' sound in the English word "took"). For example ⟨دُ⟩ /du/.[2]
When a ḍammah is placed before the letter ⟨و⟩ (wāw), it represents a long /uː/(like the 'oo' sound in the English word "wood"). For example ⟨دُو⟩ /duː/. The ḍammah is usually not written in such cases, but if wāw is pronounced as a diphthong /aw/, fatḥah should be written on the preceding consonant to avoid mispronunciation.
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