"رانْيا امْرَأة."

Translation: Rania is a woman.

[Maria650215]

Shouldn't it be اِمرَأة ?

[Hendo157698]

The Alif ا without a hamza al-qat3 ء is only pronounced when one begins with that letter. In other words, if you dont begin with that Alif ا but with another letter, even if it's only one letter, you dont pronounce it. Example:

اِمرأة
Imra2a

وَامرأة
Wamra2a

This Alif ا without a hamzat al-qat3 ء is called hamzat al-wasl.

If it were a hamzat al-qat3 it would be pronounced no matter were it is. Example:

أَنَا
Ana (I/me)

وَأَنَا
Wa ana

[Sinan2003]

Emra-e or Imra-e?

[impocta]

Why is there a أ (alif with hamza) instead of ء (single hamza) in اِمرَأة?

[mgaristova]

Same question. There other sentences here with اِمْرَأة without the ِ diacritic.

[Alexey914898]

Roni(i)a? Ronya? Is it not an "a/aa" sound after "r" but an "o" sound?

[CarstenLu]

Ra (but not ri nor ru) has the same darker tone as طَ ظَ صَ ضَ قَ. It is a very open a sound with a slight tendency towards o.

[CoolDCabbage]

How do you differentiate between the alif character and laam character?

[marcelohen39]

The alef do not conect with the next one اب (AB) لب (LB)