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Front Matter
Persian Script (Nastaliq)
Persian script, the Arabic alphabet with 4 added letters for Persian sounds.
Persian script, the Arabic alphabet with 4 added letters for Persian sounds. Used by ~110 million Persian speakers. The works of world-renowned Sufi poets — Rumi, Hafez, Omar Khayyam — were recorded here; the linguistic foundation of Iran's acclaimed cinema, literature, and music. Official script in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, it forms the pinnacle of Islamic art alongside Persian miniature painting.
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The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
우→좌 (RTL)
α
System
Abjad
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Persian Keyboard (Farsi)
Arabic script-based, right-to-left. Includes Persian-specific letters (پ چ ژ گ).
ض
ص
ث
ق
ف
غ
ع
ه
خ
ح
ش
س
ی
ب
ل
ا
ت
ن
م
ک
ظ
ط
ز
ر
ذ
د
پ
و
چ
ژ
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⌫
💡 Farsi adds 4 letters to Arabic script: پ(p), چ(ch), ژ(zh), گ(g).
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
Ancestors
Descendants
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