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GAF Aircraft
Gaf (; ), is the name of different Perso-Arabic letters, all representing . 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 , , and in addition to the obsolete ). Its numerical value is 5000 (see Abjad numerals). There are four forms, each used in different alphabets: * in the Persian alphabet, Tausug written in Arabic Script * in the Jawi script * in the Pegon script * in Pashto Use in Arabic A non-standard letter to the Arabic alphabet; ''Gāf'' () has been traditionally used in Iraq and parts of the Levant for . In Morocco, a similar letter () is used. while in other Arabic-speaking countries other letters are used, such as in Tunisia and Algeria, and any of the standard letters , , or in the other countries. Variant forms Kaf with line The most common form of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Script
The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic (Arabic alphabet) and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world (after the Latin script), the second-most widely used List of writing systems by adoption, writing system in the world by number of countries using it, and the third-most by number of users (after the Latin and Chinese characters, Chinese scripts). The script was first used to write texts in Arabic, most notably the Quran, the holy book of Islam. With Spread of Islam, the religion's spread, it came to be used as the primary script for many language families, leading to the addition of new letters and other symbols. Such languages still using it are Arabic language, Arabic, Persian language, Persian (Western Persian, Farsi and Dari), Urdu, Uyghur language, Uyghur, Kurdish languages, Kurdish, Pashto, Punjabi language, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Sindhi language, Sindhi, South Azerbaijani, Azerb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
