Perso-Arabic script

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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.

All labels observed (23)

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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

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

Göklen dialect usesScript Perso-Arabic script
Shina writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Persian writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Chagatai Turkic writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Sindhi people writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Arabic script
Balti hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Jatki hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Kashmiris modernScript Perso-Arabic script
Qashqai hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Tabriz dialect writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Tabriz dialect usesScriptVariant Perso-Arabic script
Persian literature hasScript Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Lahnda writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Lari scriptUsed Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Sindhi-Arabic script
Lasi writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Sindhi-Arabic script
Khowar script Perso-Arabic script
Khorasani Turkic writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Omid script Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Thari script Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Sindhi-Arabic script
Persia writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Tajik language historicalWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Luri language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Hazaragi dialect writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Mazanderani language hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Mazanderani language scriptVariant Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Kashmiri language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Persian culture script Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Languages of India writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Dezfuli dialect writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Qazvini Persian writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Achomi language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Western Persian hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Firozkohi Aimaqs usesScript Perso-Arabic script
Punjabi Muslims scriptUsed Perso-Arabic script
Luri writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Kauravi writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Mewati writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Dhatki hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Pashto alphabet scriptFamily Perso-Arabic script
Pashto alphabet derivedFrom Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Pashto alphabet hasBaseScript Perso-Arabic script
Southern Kurdish hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Uyghur Arabic alphabet basedOn Perso-Arabic script
Uyghur Arabic alphabet scriptFamily Perso-Arabic script
Uyghur Arabic alphabet adaptedFrom Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Chagatai script scriptFamily Perso-Arabic script
Chagatai script derivedFrom Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian script
Sorkhpooshan writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Kaithi script replacedBy Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Perso-Arabic scripts