Re: tanween details

["Thomas Milo" <t dot milo at chello dot nl>]

I am afraid /tamwiim/ or mimation is an innovation I contributed to the
Arabic Ocean. But unlike /fawaatis/ (plural of /fiits/, the Dutch word
"fiets", bicycle), this one may get official recognition some day.

t


Abdulhaq Lynch wrote:
> On Saturday 25 June 2005 09:27, Abdulhaq Lynch wrote:
>>
>> Iqlaab (tamweem or even meemation? :-) and idghaam aren't grammar
>> (in the naHw sense) but tajweed - please see my post about the
>> history of the pronounciation of the quran.
>>
>
> and I don't think you'll even find tamweem in a dictionary - it's not
> in lisaan al`arab (though mawwama is there, which means `amilahaa
> (haa being the meem)). If anyone has a Lane, I'd be interested to
> know if it was in there.
>
> wassalaam
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