harakat
Short vowel marks
Harakat are the short vowel marks in Arabic script—small symbols written above or below consonants to indicate vowel sounds.
Arabic is typically written without these marks, leaving readers to infer vowels from context.
Harakat appear in the Quran, children's texts, and language-learning materials where precise pronunciation matters: The textbook included harakat to help students.
diacritics
Adding A, E, I, O, U
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- nunationArabic indefiniteness suffix
- short vowelsVowels with brief duration
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
Arabic
Written words for performance
- yaInformal yes or you
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- recitationOral delivery from memory
calligraphy
Provision of light
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- reed penCut hollow stem for writing
- inkWriting fluid
- flourishTo grow vigorously
penmanship · brushwork · gilding · ornamentation · parchment · scrollwork · stylus · calligrapher
voweling
Adding A, E, I, O, U
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- nunationArabic indefiniteness suffix
- short vowelsVowels with brief duration
script
Written words for performance
- yaInformal yes or you
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- QuranIslam's central scripture
illumination
Provision of light
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- reed penCut hollow stem for writing
- inkWriting fluid
flourish · penmanship · brushwork · gilding · ornamentation · parchment · scrollwork · stylus · calligrapher · lettering
- Arabic learningArabic numerals, Arabic alphabet, Arabic script, grammar lessons, vocabulary lists
- Arabic calligraphykufi, calligrapher, reed pen, bismillah, letterforms
- Tajweedreciter, reciters, elongation, vowel lengthening, nasalization
- Arabic Diacriticsshort vowels
- Semitic Scriptsaleph, he, zayin, yod, lamed
- diacriticsacute accent, acute, cedilla, circumflex, breve