Arabic alphabet
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The Arabic alphabet, or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is a unicameral script written from right-to-left in a cursive style, and in
Musnad script as is clear from one of the Sabaean inscriptions.
Keiten Aijin
Arabic diacritics
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The Arabic script has numerous diacritics, which include consonant pointing known as iʻjām, and supplementary diacritics known as tashkīl. The latter include the vowel marks termed ḥarakāt.
Arabic alphabet
…example ⟨پ⟩ is often used to represent in adaptations of the Arabic script. Many letters look similar but are distinguished from one another by dots (ʾiʿjām) above or below their central part (rasm). These dots are an integral part of a letter, since they distinguish between letters that represent different…
7th-century kufic script without any ḥarakāt or i‘jām.
Middle Kufic
Modern Kufic in Qur'an