ArabTeX Coding for Urdu


To be used with U-TRANS

Urdu Name Code Urdu Name Code Urdu Name Code Urdu Name Code
" a 'alif a # b be b $ p pe p % t te t
& T Te ,t ' t te _t ( j jim j ) ch che ^c
* h badi he .h + K Ke _h , d dal d - D Dal ,d
. z zal _d / r re r 0 R Re ,r 1 z ze z
2 zh zhe ^z 3 s sin s 4 sh shin ^s 5 s swad .s
6 z zwad .d 7 t toi .t 8 z zoi .z 9 ` `ain `
: G Gain .g ; f fe f = q qaf q ? k kaf k
@ g gaf g A l lam l C m mim m D n nun n
F w wao w G h chhoti he ,h I h do-chashmi he h K y chhoti ye y, I
M e badi ye E E .n nun Gunna .n J ' hamza '

Coding examples for Urdu

The short vowels, a, i and u are encoded by the lower case letters, a, i and u, and are marked respectively by zabar, zer and pesh:
par »þO , dam Cþ, , pin ÐÿÿO , din Dÿÿ, , sukh ª¤ýýW , bun ÐýýN

The long vowels aa, ii, oo, e and o are encoded by the capital letters A, I, U, E and O respectively:
bAt %­N , bIn ЬÿN , _hUn DÒýV , dEr »m,

The dipthongs ae and ao are encoded as ae and ao:
thaelA άþªP , jaesA ­w¬þS , ,hae Øþi , paoda ",ÒþþO , kaon DÒþþb , aor /Fþ"

Intervocalic hamza is coded by ' :
^cA'E Øl­T , kO'I ÖÿlÒb , jA'O Òl­S .

Nasalizations are inducated by nun-e-gunnah, coded as .n:
mae.n Ѭþg , ba.ngAl A­¥¨þN .

Tanwin is coded by aN:
tqrIbaN ­øþnmÿ»£P , faoraN "øþ/Òþþ_ :

Alif maqsura is coded by Y:
fatwY KÒpþ_ , da`wY KÒ]þ, .

Idafat is written as -e:
^sEr-e panjAb #­s¨þO ÿ»¬X , Ab-e .hayAt %­¬þU ÿ#! .

Waw-e-atf is written as -O:
gul-O bulbul Íýýn¦ýýN Ò¦ýýc , tar-O tAza,h Gþ1­P F»þP .

Suppressing tashdid: In Urdu, if two letters are repeated in a verb, one doesn't put a tashdid , but writes the two letters one after the other. Here one can suppress the tashdid by separating the two letters by a |
gin|nA ­¨¨ÿÿc , jAn|nA ­¨h­S .


Examples:

,ham i^sq kE mArO.n kA itnA ,hI fasAna,h ,hae
rOnE kO na,hI.n kO'I ,ha.nsnE kO zamAna,h ,hae

Øþi Óþh­wþ_ Öÿi ­¨P"ÿ ­d EF/­g Øb ÉX"ÿ Ïþi
Øþi Óþh­gþ1 Òb بw¨þi ÖÿlÒb Ѭÿ©þh Òb ØhF/

ya,h kiskA ta.sawwur ,hae ya,h kiskA fasAna,h ,hae
jO a^sk ,hae A.nkhO.n mE.n tasbI` kA dAnA ,hae

Øþi Óþh­wþ_ ­¤wÿÿb Óþm Øþi /ýýüÒþyþP ­¤wÿÿb Óþm
Øþi ­h", ­d Ó¬ÿnwþP Ѭg EÒª¤h! Øþi ËX" ÒS


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