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dagger alif

form of the Arabic letter alif, written as a short vertical stroke on top of another letter; indicates a long /aː/ sound; e.g. هٰذَا hādhā, رَحْمٰن raḥmān
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dagger alif

Summary

dagger alif is an Arabic diacritic[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (arabic_diacritic category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • dagger alif's instance of is recorded as Arabic diacritic[3].
  • khanjar is named after dagger alif[4].
  • dagger alif's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fqmgdd[5].
  • dagger alif's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة\u200f'}[6].

Why It Matters

dagger alif draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (arabic_diacritic category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dagger alif. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dagger-alif
MLA “dagger alif.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dagger-alif.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dagger-alif_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dagger alif}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dagger-alif}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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