Gaf
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Script error: No such module "sidebar". Gaf (Template:Langx; Template:Transliteration), is the name of different Perso-Arabic letters, all representing Template:IPAslink. They are all derived from the letter kāf, with additional diacritics, such as dots and lines. In name and shape, it is a variant of kaf. It is also one of the five letters the Persian alphabet added to the Arabic alphabet (the others being Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang"., and Script error: No such module "Lang". in addition to the obsolete Script error: No such module "Lang".). Its numerical value is 5000 (see Abjad numerals). There are four forms, each used in different alphabets:
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Template:Redirect category shell in the Persian alphabet, Tausug written in Arabic Script
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Template:Redirect category shell in the Jawi script
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Template:Redirect category shell in Pashto
Use in Arabic
A non-standard letter to the Arabic alphabet; Gāf (Script error: No such module "Lang".) has been traditionally used in Iraq and parts of the Levant for Template:IPAslink. In Morocco, a similar letter (Template:Script/Arabic) is used. while in other Arabic-speaking countries other letters are used, such as Template:Script/Arabic in Tunisia and Algeria, and any of the standard letters Template:Script/Arabic, Template:Script/Arabic, or Template:Script/Arabic in the other countries.
Variant forms
Kaf with line
The most common form of gāf (Template:Script/Arabic) is based on kāf with an additional line. It is rarely used in Standard Arabic itself but is used to represent the sound Template:IPAslink when writing other languages. Template:Arabic alphabet Naskh and Nastaliq shapes When representing this sound in transliteration of Persian into Hebrew, it is written as כ׳ kaph and a geresh.
It is frequently used in Persian, Pashto, Uyghur, Urdu and Kurdish, and is one of four Perso-Arabic letters not found in Arabic. It is also commonly used in Mesopotamian Arabic.[1]
Kaf with ring
In Pashto, this letter is used for Template:IPAslink. Template:Arabic alphabet Naskh and Nastaliq shapes
Kaf with single dot above
This gāf (Template:Script/Arabic) is derived from a variant form of kāf (Template:Script/Arabic), with the addition of a dot. It is not used in the Arabic language itself, but is used in the Jawi script to represent Template:IPAslink.
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Unicode includes two forms on this letter: one based on the standard Arabic kāf (Template:Script/Arabic), and one based on the variant form (Template:Script/Arabic). The latter is the preferred form.[2] Template:Charmap
Kaf with three dots below
This letter (Template:Script/Arabic) is derived from a form of kāf (Template:Script/Arabic), with the addition of three dots below.
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Gaf with inverted stroke
In Chechen, Kabardian, and Adyghe, the Arabic character Template:Script/Arabic is used to spell Template:IPAslink or Template:IPAslink. In Chechen, ⟨Template:Script/Arabic⟩ is alternatively used as well.
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Kaf with a dot below
This letter (Template:Script/Arabic) is derived from a form of kāf (Template:Script/Arabic), with the addition of three a dot below. It is not used in the Arabic language itself, but is used in the Arwi alphabet for the Tamil language and the Pegon script for Indonesian languages to represent Template:IPAslink.[3][4]
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Kaf with three dots
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The letter Template:Script/Arabic is used in Berber and Moroccan Arabic to represent Template:IPAslink.[5] Examples of its use include city names (e.g., Agadir: Template:Script/Arabic) and family names (e.g., El Guerrouj: Template:Script/Arabic). The preferred form is Template:Script/Arabic.
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It was also used in Ottoman Turkish for Template:IPAslink. Both forms are based on variant forms of kāf (Template:Script/Arabic/Template:Script/Arabic), with the addition of three dots. The preferred form is Template:Script/Arabic.
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Character encoding
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See also
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