Arabic based alphabets

From: Vladimir Ivanov (iranorus@online.ru)
Date: Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:25:27 EDT

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Vladimir Ivanov wrote:

>Letter "dze" is represented in Unicode by U+0681 "Arabic letter heh with
>hamza above",
>though the sign above heh is not exactly hamza.

John Hudson wrote:

> Does Pashto also make use of the regular hamza sign in other contexts?

Yes, for instance in Arabic loan words like "shu'Un".

> Can you, or anyone, provide a visual example of this form?

A picture of letter "dze" from Pashto-Russian dictionary is included in this message.

Sicerely,
Vladimir Ivanov, iranorus@online.ru

application/octet-stream attachment: Dze.tif

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