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diacritic
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di·a·crit·ic (d-krtk) or di·a·crit·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
Diagnostic or distinctive.

diacritic [di″ah-krit´-ik]
diagnostic; distinguishing.

diacritic
diagnostic; distinguishing.


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Byline: ANI Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): The first Islamic inscription, dating back to 1,300 years, may help solve a mystery about the Qur'an that has vexed historians for hundreds of years, namely the reason behind the text being seemingly written without diacritical marks.
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