Imāla
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Imāla (Arabic: إمالة slanting), or Arabic ā raising, is a term used in the context of Arabic linguistics to describe the phenomenon of pronouncing the Arabic long vowel ā at a higher point in vowel space than a prototypical /aː/. Imāla is described as pronouncing alif as if it were between alif and ya'.
Imāla can be found in some qirā'āt of the Qur'ān, and is widespread in colloquial Arabic, including many varieties of Levantine and North African Arabic.
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