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Small letters marking where to stop.
Also known as: Waqf marks, Quranic stop signs
The system of small marks written above a Quranic text telling a reciter where a pause is required, permitted or forbidden.
Marks where a pause is required, permitted or forbidden in reciting a Quranic text.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Is a separate system from the vowel diacritics written in the same space, so two independent notations occupy the region above the line and are distinguished by shape.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Small letters or letter clusters written above the line of text, smaller than the script they sit over.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.