Tashdīd
The Tashdīd ( Arabic تَشْدِيد, DMG Tašdīd ) is an amplified pronunciation or doubling of a consonant in the Arabic language . It is marked in the typeface by a double tick in the shape of a small sīn , the Schadda (شَدَّة / Šadda ) is called. The doubling ( gemination ) should be spoken in such a way that the consonant (just like in Italian ) is lengthened or paused shortly afterwards. The simple pronunciation of the consonant without doubling is Tachfīf (تَخْفِيف / taḫfīf ) called.
The Schadda is an optional character. It is the only way to show the consonant doubling because the letter is not written twice in the Arabic script. Since the doubling can cause a change in meaning, the Schadda can often also be found in otherwise unvocalized texts.
If the Tashdid is followed by a vowel mark ( Fatha , Kasra , Damma , Sukun ), this vowel mark is placed on (or in the case of Kasra under) the Tashdid and not directly on or under the consonants.
In scientific transcriptions of Arabic words in the Latin alphabet, the consonant is always doubled to render it; In non-scientific transcriptions, the consonant is sometimes only written simply, for example in the name Mohammed (hence the spelling Mohamed ) or in the city name Amman ; the word Schadda itself also contains a Schadda. In contrast, the name of the Egyptian soccer player Gedo (with Schadda on the d ) is usually written with a simple consonant - for example on his jersey.
Schadda in Unicode
| Unicode codepoint | U + 0651 |
|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARABIC SHADDA |
| HTML | & # 1617; |
| ISO 8859-6 | unavailable |