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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Generate an image of the Perso-Arabic script (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 (26)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
adaptedToPhonologyOf Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
basedOn Arabic script ⓘ
dominantStyleForArabicTexts Naskh (when used for Persianate languages) ⓘ
linked to: Naskh script
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 ⓘ
Sindhi Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script

Urdu alphabet ⓘ
historicalOriginPeriod early Islamic era ⓘ
ISO15924Code Arab ⓘ
primaryUseRegion Afghanistan ⓘ
Central Asia (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia

Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
parts of India ⓘ
scriptFamily Arabic script family ⓘ
supportsNumeralSystem Eastern Arabic numerals ⓘ
Persian numerals ⓘ
UnicodeScriptName Arabic ⓘ
usedFor Balochi language ⓘ
linked to: Balochi

Kashmiri language ⓘ
Kurdish language ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Turkish

Pashto language ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
Punjabi language (Shahmukhi) ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language

Saraiki language ⓘ
Sindhi language ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
Uyghur language (historically) ⓘ
usedInLiteratureOf Persianate world ⓘ
linked to: Greater Iran
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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Referenced by (343)

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

Arabic → hasDerivedScript → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Punjab → scriptUsed → Shahmukhi ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Punjabi language → writingSystem → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Punjabi language → primaryScriptInPakistan → Shahmukhi script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Persian language → scriptVariant → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script → hasVariant → Sindhi Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Urdu → hasWritingSystemOrigin → Persian alphabet ⓘ
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Azerbaijanis → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script (Iran) ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Hausa → usesAlphabet → Ajami script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Pashto language → writingSystem → Pashto alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Ramin → script → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Persian Jews → scriptUsed → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Balochi → hasWritingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Saraiki → writingSystem → Sindhi-style Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Azerbaijani language → historicalScript → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Judeo-Persian → writingSystem → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Sindhi → scriptVariant → Sindhi-Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Modern Javanese → hasWritingSystem → Arabic script (Pegon) ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Ottoman Turkish → writingSystem → Ottoman Turkish Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Kashmiri Pandit → scriptHistoricallyUsed → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Iranian languages → writingSystemUsed → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Punjabi literature → hasWritingSystems → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Shahnameh → writingSystem → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Hazaras → scriptForLanguage → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Persians → writingSystem → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Southwestern Iranian languages → hasWritingSystem → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Hazaragi → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages → writingSystemsInclude → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Aimaqs → usesScript → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Nastaʿlīq → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Shahmukhi script → usesAdditionalLettersFrom → Urdu script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script → closelyRelatedTo → Urdu script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script → closelyRelatedTo → Persian script ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script → hasLetterSetSimilarity → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Rajasthani → script → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Kurdish language → writingStandard → Sorani alphabet for Central Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Brahui people → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Sasak language group → hasWritingSystem → Arabic script (historically, Pegon) ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Lashkari Zaban → script → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Dogri → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Seraiki → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Sorani → writingSystem → Arabic-based Sorani alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Kamviri language → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Tregami language → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Ashkun language → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
National Anthem of Pakistan → script → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran → writingSystem → Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
Saraiki people → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Derawali → writingSystem → Perso-Arabic script ⓘ