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 (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 (178)

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