wasla

Meaning

Noun

• a diacritic added to the Arabic letter alif ا to form ٱ, also called "hamzatu l-waṣli" - هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ or "alifu l-waṣli" - أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ, denotes elision, seldom used in practice in fully vocalised Arabic texts, only to highlight that the alif is silent هَمْزَةُ ٱلْوَصْلِ = هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ

Origin

• From Arabic وَصْلَة.