What does "tashkil" mean?

vowelization, vocalization or diacritization—the various diacritics, taken collectively, that are attached to Arabic letters in certain styles of writing and that indicate such features as vowels and gemination (consonant doubling) and absence of any vowels.

What is a synonym for "tashkil"?

Common synonyms include: vocalization, vocalization, vowelization, vowelization.

Tashkil

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Noun

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vowelization, vocalization or diacritization—the various diacritics, taken collectively, that are attached to Arabic letters in certain styles of writing and that indicate such features as vowels and gemination (consonant doubling) and absence of any vowels. uncountable

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vocalization vocalization vowelization vowelization

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"Tashkil helps in understanding texts more precisely."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَشْكِيل (taškīl).

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