fatha

开口符

发音

UK /fɑːt.hɑ/
其它 /fæðæ/

词形变化

fathas 复数

别名

fatḥa

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.

    开口符

  2. 2.

    The vowel designated by this mark.

  3. 1.

    father

词源

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of fathe, patach, and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.

来源：wiktionary