أَزَيْدُ، أَقْبِلْ
O Zayd, pay attention.
The vocative hamzah is originally used for a nearby person. It must not be confused with the interrogative hamzah: the same letter may introduce a call in one context and a question in another.
أَزَيْدٌ حَاضِرٌ؟
Is Zayd present?
In the question, the hamzah is interrogative and Zayd is the subject of a nominal clause. In the call, Zaydu is a vocative. Meaning, intention, and syntax determine the classification.
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Nidāʾ: Definition, Eight Particles, Nearness and Distance, and Rhetorical Purposes
أَزَيْدُ، أَقْبِلْ
O Zayd, pay attention.
The vocative hamzah is originally used for a nearby person. It must not be confused with the interrogative hamzah: the same letter may introduce a call in one context and a question in another.
أَزَيْدٌ حَاضِرٌ؟
Is Zayd present?
In the question, the hamzah is interrogative and Zayd is the subject of a nominal clause. In the call, Zaydu is a vocative. Meaning, intention, and syntax determine the classification.