Question

Today’s query is about the term “medd letters” you often use in your scripts. I have come to conclude that the term refers to the letters alif, ya, and wow. However, I have not found “medd” in my dictionary (a Merriam-Webster’s unabridged dictionary). Is it an abbreviation or a foreign word?

Answer

The term “medd” is a transliterated Arabic word.  , with a shaddah on the daal, means “the lengthening.”  Please look at the latest tidbit, which explains the medd letters.  You are correct the medd letters are alif, , and , but they must be saakinah and before them a fat-h (in the case of an alif), or a kasrah (in the case of the ) or a dhammah in the case of the .   The next several tidbits will be explaining all the different lengthenings
( ) and their circumstances.