A diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

Abbreviation of stop valve. / (baseball) Abbreviation of saves. / (nautical) steamship; Initialism of steam vessel. / (nautical) sailboat; Initialism of sailing vessel.

plural of Arabic

(US) A person who lives in a swampy area. / (US) A person who clears a road for lumberers in a forest or swamp. / Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.