ArabTeX Coding for Urdu

To be used with U-TRANS
Urdu Name Code Urdu Name Code Urdu Name Code Urdu Name Code
ﺍ
'alif a ﺏ
be b ﭖ
pe p ﺕ
te t
ﭦ
Te ,t ﺙ
te _t ﺝ
jim j ﭺ
che ^c
ﺡ
badi he .h ﺥ
Khe _h ﺩ
dal d ﮈ
Dal ,d
ﺫ
zal _d ﺭ
re r ﮌ
Re ,r ﺯ
ze z
ﮊ
zhe ^z ﺱ
sin s ﺵ
shin ^s ﺹ
swad .s
ﺽ
zwad .d ﻁ
toi .t ﻅ
zoi .z ﻉ
`ain `
ﻍ
Gain .g ﻑ
fe f ﻕ
qaf q ﻙ
kaf k
ﮒ
gaf g ﻝ
lam l ﻡ
mim m ﻥ
nun n
ﻭ
wao w ﻩ
chhoti he ,h ﮪ
do-chashmi he h ﯼ
chhoti ye y, I
ﮮ
badi ye E ﮞ
nun Gunna .n ﺀ
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 ﭘﹷﺮ
dam ﺩﹶﻡ
pin ﭘﹻﻦ
din ﺩﹺﻥ
sukh ﺳﹹﻜﮫ
bun ﺑﹹﻦ

The long vowels aa, ii, oo, e and o are encoded by the capital letters A, I, U, E and O respectively:
bAt ﺑﺎﺕ
bIn ﺑﹻﻴﻦ
_hUn ﺧﯘﻥ
dEr ﺩﻳﺮ

The dipthongs ae and ao are encoded as ae and ao:
thaelA ﺗﮭﹷﻴﻼ
jaesA ﺟﹷﻴﺴﺎ
,hae ﮨﹷﮯ
paoda ﭘﹷﻮﺩﺍ
kaon ﻛﹷﻮﻥ
aor ﺍﻭﺭ

Intervocalic hamza is coded by ' :
^cA'E ﭼﺎﺋﮯ
kO'I ﻛﻮﺋﹻﯽ
jA'O ﺟﺎﺋﻮ

Nasalizations are inducated by nun-e-gunnah, coded as .n:
mae.n ﻣﹷﻴﮟ
ba.ngAl ﺑﹷﻨﮕﺎﻝ

Tanwin is coded by aN:
tqrIbaN ﺗﻘﺮﹺﻳﺒﹷﴼ
faoraN ﻓﹷﻮﺭﹶﴽ

Alif maqsura is coded by Y:
fatwY ﻓﹷﺘﻮﱝ
murta.dY ﻣﹹﺮﺗﹷﻀﲐ
A`lY ﺁﻋﻠﲐ

Idafat is written as -e:
^sEr-e panjAb ﺷﻴﺮﹺ ﭘﹷﻨﺠﺎﺏ
Ab-e .hayAt ﺁﺏﹺ ﺣﹷﻴﺎﺕ

Waw-e-atf is written as -O:
gul-O bulbul ﮔﹹﻞﻭ ﺑﹹﻠﺒﹹﻞ
tar-O tAza,h ﺗﹷﺮﻭ ﺗﺎﺯﹶﻩ

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 ﮔﹻﻨﻨﺎ
jAn|nA ﺟﺎﻧﻨﺎ

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

ﮨﹷﻢ ﻋﹻﺸﻖ ﻛﮯ ﻣﺎﺭﻭﮞ ﰷ ﹺﺍﺗﻨﺎ ﮨﹻﯽ ﻓﹷﺴﺎﻧﹷﻪ ﮨﹷﮯ
ﺭﻭﻧﮯ ﻛﻮ ﻧﹷﮩﹻﻴﮟ ﻛﻮﺋﹻﯽ ﮨﹷﻨﺴﻨﮯ ﻛﻮ ﺯﹶﻣﺎﻧﹷﻪ ﮨﹷﮯ

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

ﻳﹷﻪ ﻛﹻﺴﲀ ﺗﹷﺼﹷﻮﹽﹸﺭ ﮨﹷﮯ ﻳﹷﻪ ﻛﹻﺴﲀ ﻓﹷﺴﺎﻧﹷﻪ ﮨﹷﮯ
ﺟﻮ ﺍﺷﻚ ﮨﹷﮯ ﺁﻧﻜﮭﻮﮞ ﻣﻴﮟ ﺗﹷﺴﺒﹻﻴﺢ ﰷ ﺩﺍﻧﺎ ﮨﹷﮯ

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