Transliteration table for Brill Online

Abbreviations: A = Arabic; T= Turkish; P = Persian

  EI 3 - EWIC - EQ EI 2 Brockelmann
‫ء‬ ʾ (Unicode 02BE) ʾ ʾ
‫ا‬ a, ā/Ā a, ā a, ā, Ā
‫ب‬ b b b
‫پ‬ p p  
‫ت‬ t t t
‫ث‬ th th t̲
‫ج‬ A: j T: c dj ǧ/Ǧ
‫چ‬ ç č  
‫ح‬ ḥ ḥ ḥ
‫خ‬ kh kh ḫ
‫ﺧﻮ‬ khw khw  
‫د‬ d d d
‫ذ‬ dh dh d̲
‫ر‬ r r r
‫ز‬ z z z
‫ژ‬ zh zh  
‫س‬ s s s
‫ش‬ sh sh š/Š
‫ص‬ ṣ ṣ ṣ
‫ض‬ ḍ ḍ ḍ
‫ط‬ ṭ ṭ ṭ
‫ظ‬ ẓ ẓ ẓ
‫ع‬ ʿ (Unicode O2BF) ʿ ʿ
‫غ‬ gh gh ġ/Ġ
‫ف‬ f f f
‫ق‬ q ḳ ḳ/Ḳ
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 ‫ك‬ k A: k; T: k, g [ğ]; ñ k
‫ل‬ l l l
‫م‬ m m m
‫ن‬ n n n
‫ه‬ h h h
‫ة‬     a; at in idāfa
‫و‬ w/v, ū/Ū, -uww w/v, ū, -uww ū; uw; u; w
‫ي‬/‫ى‬ ī/Ī, -iyy- ī/Ī, -iyy- ī -iy-; i; y
Short Vowels a, e, i, ı, o, ö, u, ü a, e, i, ı, o, ö, u, ü a, e, i, ı, o, ö, u, ü

Please note for EI3:

● no word-initial hamzas: al-amr

● no sun letters

● elision of al-, according to rules of Classical Arabic: wa-l-kitāb, fī l-masjid, Muḥyī l-Dīn, bi-l-
kitāb, but lil-masjid

● compound names with Allāh are in general written as one word: ʿAbdallāh, Hibatallāh

● other compound names are written as two words: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

● ibn and bint written as b. and bt., except when it is part of the name by which the person is
known, e.g. ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm al-Qummī, but Ibn Hazm.

● ‫ ة‬is written as -a, in idāfa as -at

Please note for Brockelmann:

● Qurʾān as Ḳorʾān (also Qorʾān) ʿUmar as ʿOmar (abbrev. ʿO.)

● Zubayr as Zubair

● Ṭayyib as Ṭaiyib

● ʿAwwām as ʿAuwām

● Cairo as Kairo

● ibn and bint are abbreviated as b. and bt.

● Sun letters are used, so aš-Šām, not al-Šām.

● In titles: al- often becomes ’l-

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Qurʾān references:

● EQ and EI3: Q ṣūra no.:verse. E.g. Q 2:106

● EI2 generally employs Roman numbers for sūras, e.g. II, 106

Dates:

● EQ and EI3: Hijrī/C.E.; all dates written in full in the Arabic transliteration

● EI2: Hijrī/C.E.; all dates written in full in Arabic, Turkish or Persian transliteration