moon letter
noun Arabic Grammar.
any letter, as bā or mīm, representing a consonant that does not assimilate the l of a prefixed definite article.
Compare
sun letter.
Origin of moon letter
translation of Arabic
al-ḥuruf al-qamorīyah, so called from the use of
al-qamar (the moon) to illustrate nonassimilation of
l in
al the
Words nearby moon letter
moon dog,
moon face,
moon gate,
moon jellyfish,
moon knife,
moon letter,
moon pillar,
moon pool,
moon rat,
moon shell,
moon-blind