Perso-Arabic script

E4744
abjad writing system

The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.

Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form As subject As object
Persian alphabet 0 15
Sindhi-Arabic script 0 3
Shahmukhi script 0 2
Urdu script 0 2
Ajami script 0 1
Arabic script 0 1
Arabic script (Pegon) 0 1
Arabic script (historically, Pegon) 0 1
Arabic-based Sorani alphabet 0 1
Ottoman Turkish Arabic script 0 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad →
writing system →
adaptedToPhonologyOf Indo-Aryan languages →
Iranian languages →
Persian →
basedOn Arabic script →
dominantStyleForArabicTexts Naskh script →
surface form: Naskh (when used for Persianate languages)
dominantStyleForPersian Nastaʿlīq →
hasAdditionalLetters ٹ →
پ →
ځ →
څ →
چ →
ڈ →
ډ →
ڑ →
ړ →
ږ →
ژ →
ڤ →
ڨ →
گ →
ں →
ڼ →
ے →
hasContextualLetterForms final →
initial →
isolated →
medial →
hasCursiveJoining true →
hasLigatures true →
hasVariant Pashto alphabet →
Persian alphabet →
Shahmukhi script →
Perso-Arabic script self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Sindhi Arabic script

Urdu alphabet →
historicalOriginPeriod early Islamic era →
ISO15924Code Arab →
primaryUseRegion Afghanistan →
Central Asia →
surface form: Central Asia (historically)

Iran →
Iraq →
Pakistan →
parts of India →
scriptFamily Arabic script family →
supportsNumeralSystem Eastern Arabic numerals →
Persian numerals →
UnicodeScriptName Arabic →
usedFor Balochi →
surface form: Balochi language

Kashmiri language →
Kurdish language →
Ottoman Turkish →
surface form: Ottoman Turkish (historically)

Pashto language →
Persian language →
Punjabi language →
surface form: Punjabi language (Shahmukhi)

Saraiki language →
Sindhi language →
Urdu language →
Uyghur language (historically) →
usedInLiteratureOf Greater Iran →
surface form: Persianate world
usedInReligiousTextsOf Islamic communities using Persian and Urdu →
usesDiacriticsFor gemination →
short vowels →
vowel absence (sukūn) →
writingDirection right-to-left →
writingSystemType consonant-based →

Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shahmukhi script → closelyRelatedTo → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Urdu script
Shahmukhi script → closelyRelatedTo → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian script
Arabic → hasDerivedScript → Perso-Arabic script →
Shahmukhi script → hasLetterSetSimilarity → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Persian literature → hasScript → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Perso-Arabic script → hasVariant → Perso-Arabic script self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Sindhi Arabic script
Balochi → hasWritingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Balti → hasWritingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Jatki → hasWritingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Modern Javanese → hasWritingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Arabic script (Pegon)
Qashqai → hasWritingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Sasak language group → hasWritingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Arabic script (historically, Pegon)
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Urdu language → hasWritingSystemOrigin → Perso-Arabic script →
subject surface form: Urdu
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Punjabi literature → hasWritingSystems → Perso-Arabic script →
Azerbaijani language → historicalScript → Perso-Arabic script →
Kashmiris → modernScript → Perso-Arabic script →
Punjabi language → primaryScriptInPakistan → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Shahmukhi script
Khowar → script → Perso-Arabic script →
Lashkari Zaban → script → Perso-Arabic script →
National Anthem of Pakistan → script → Perso-Arabic script →
Omid → script → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Rajasthani → script → Perso-Arabic script →
Ramin → script → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Hazaras → scriptForLanguage → Perso-Arabic script →
Kashmiri Pandit → scriptHistoricallyUsed → Perso-Arabic script →
Lari → scriptUsed → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Sindhi-Arabic script
Persian Jews → scriptUsed → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Punjab → scriptUsed → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Shahmukhi
Persian language → scriptVariant → Perso-Arabic script →
Sindhi → scriptVariant → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Sindhi-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script → usesAdditionalLettersFrom → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Urdu script
Hausa → usesAlphabet → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Ajami script
Aimaqs → usesScript → Perso-Arabic script →
Göklen dialect → usesScript → Perso-Arabic script →
Tabriz dialect → usesScriptVariant → Perso-Arabic script →
Kurdish language → writingStandard → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Sorani alphabet for Central Kurdish
Ashkun language → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Azerbaijanis → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Perso-Arabic script (Iran)
Brahui people → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Chagatai Turkic → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Derawali → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Dogri → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Hazaragi → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Judeo-Persian → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Kamviri language → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Khorasani Turkic → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Lahnda → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
Lasi → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script →
this entity surface form: Sindhi-Arabic script