tashkil en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَشْكِيل (taškīl).
Meanings
- (uncountable) vowelization, vocalization or diacritization—the various diacritics, taken collectively, that are attached to Arabic letters in certain styles of writing and that indicate such features as vowels and gemination (consonant doubling) and absence of any vowels.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tashkīl | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tashkeel | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tashkiil | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
damma · sukun · furigana · shadda · bopomofo · pronunciation respelling · kasra · fatha · zhuyin · nikud · pinyin