hamza
noun
hamza is spelled H-A-M-Z-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Hamza, the name). As a noun, hamza means “A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hamza is hamzas.
How many letters and syllables are in hamza?
| Letters | 5: H-A-M-Z-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hamza?
Hamza appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Hamza, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hamza?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hamza.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hamza
- hamzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hamza mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hamza in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Arabic sign representing a glottal stop:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hamza |
| German | Hamza, Hamsa |
| Spanish | jamza |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hamza come from?
Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).