sun letter
noun Arabic Grammar.
any letter, as tā or sīn, representing a consonant that assimilates the l of a prefixed definite article.
Compare
moon letter.
Origin of sun 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”
Words nearby sun letter
sun gear,
sun god,
sun grebe,
sun king,
sun lamp,
sun letter,
sun lounge,
sun moss,
sun pan,
sun parlor,
sun pillar