I am afraid /tamwiim/ or mimation is an innovation I contributed to the Arabic Ocean. But unlike /fawaatis/ (plural of /fiits/, the Dutch word "fiets", bicycle), this one may get official recognition some day.
t Abdulhaq Lynch wrote: > On Saturday 25 June 2005 09:27, Abdulhaq Lynch wrote: >> >> Iqlaab (tamweem or even meemation? :-) and idghaam aren't grammar >> (in the naHw sense) but tajweed - please see my post about the >> history of the pronounciation of the quran. >> > > and I don't think you'll even find tamweem in a dictionary - it's not > in lisaan al`arab (though mawwama is there, which means `amilahaa > (haa being the meem)). If anyone has a Lane, I'd be interested to > know if it was in there. > > wassalaam > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general

