What is the meaning of Hamza?

A sign (ء (ʔ)‎ - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter 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 (w)‎) or ئ (ʔ)‎ (over a dotless yāʾ - ى‎). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".

the Arabic letter ء

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