madd

/M AE1 D/
noun
  1. 1

    Acronym of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

  2. 2

    Alternative form of maddah. [Arabic diacritic similar in appearance to a tilde. Over an alif (ุข (ส”ฤ) "alif maddah"), it indicates glottal stop, /ส”/, followed by a long /aห/. The diacritic is not used separately, only over alif. Alif maddah can appear in the beginning: ุขุณูู (ส”ฤsif) or in the middle of a word: ู‚ูุฑู’ุขู† (qurส”ฤn).]