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.

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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.

ڈوگری script Perso-Arabic script
ڈوگری scriptVariantOf Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian script
Tehran (Sadeghiyeh) Metro Station hasScriptOfName Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Kaul writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Perso-Arabic script (for Kashmiri)
Pahari-Potohari writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Pothohari writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
development of the six classical scripts (al-aqlam al-sitta) hasPart Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Rayhani script
Hawar alphabet contrastedWith Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Arabic-based Kurdish script
Hewrami writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Hawrami writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Hawrami dialect hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Caspian languages areWrittenIn Perso-Arabic script
Sangisari language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Bajelani language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Western Iranian languages hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Yidgha scriptVariant Perso-Arabic script
Tregami writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Vasi-vari writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Kati language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Shirin script Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Khwarezmian writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Museum of Mir Emad Calligraphy focusesOnStyle Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Nastaʿliq script
Khalaj writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Karluk languages writingSystemUsed Perso-Arabic script
Ilam writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Urdu literature hasScript Perso-Arabic script
Kamkata-vari writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Waigali language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Shekhani (Kamkata-vari) language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Pashayi languages script Perso-Arabic script
Birjand writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Karts of Herat usedScript Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Bushehr writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Bakhtiari writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Awadh Subah usedScript Perso-Arabic script
Mughal Subah of Allahabad usedScript Perso-Arabic script
Tareeno hasScriptVariant Perso-Arabic script
Waneci writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Southern Tat writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Pakistani people writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Afghan rupee writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Torwali script Perso-Arabic script
Kho people scriptUsedForLanguage Perso-Arabic script
Arash writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Bihari languages writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Mogholi language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Shina people scriptUsed Perso-Arabic script
Marwari language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Khetrani people usesScript Perso-Arabic script
Göklen Turkmen usesScript Perso-Arabic script