OriginBorrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).
- 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).
“Written words such as Qurʼan (which in written Arabic uses a symbol know as hamza to indicate the glottal stop) are rendered with an apostrophe.”
- A male given name from Arabic.
- The Muslim Sahabi Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib.
- A surname from Arabic.
Formshamzas(plural) · Hamzas(plural) · Hamzah(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary