WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sun′ let′ter, Arabic Gram.
- Linguisticsany letter, as tā or sīn, representing a consonant that assimilates the l of a prefixed definite article. Cf. moon letter.
- translation of Arabic al-hurūf ash-shamsīyah, so called from the use of ash-shams "the sun'' to illustrate assimilation of l to sh in al the
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