arabic-transliteration-characters 0.1.0

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Arabic Transliteration Characters

arabic-transliteration-characters

By Noah C.

This package contains shortcuts for all of the romanized Arabic letters that typical keyboards do not include.

language

symbols

characters

accents

letters

arabic

Paste this command in a terminal to install the package

espanso install arabic-transliteration-characters

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Arabic Transliteration Characters

This package enables a person to type out Arabic transliterations quickly and easily from their keyboard, without having to interrupt their typing.

Key

ح = ḥ/Ḥ
ص = ṣ/Ṣ
ض = ḍ/Ḍ
ط = ṭ/Ṭ
ظ = ẓ/Ẓ
ع = ʿ
ء = ʾ
ا (Vowel) = ā/Ā
و (Vowel) = ū/Ū
ي (Vowel) = ī/Ī

Substitutions:

:h. → ḥ
:H. → Ḥ
:s. → ṣ
:S. → Ṣ
:d. → ḍ
:D. → Ḍ
:t. → ṭ
:T. → Ṭ
:z. → ẓ
:Z. → Ẓ
:[  → ʿ
:]  → ʾ
:a- → ā
:A- → Ā
:u- → ū
:U- → Ū
:i- → ī
:I- → Ī

package.yml

# ARABIC TRANSLITERATION CHARACTERS:

matches:
  # Letter ح
  - trigger: ":h."
    replace: "ḥ"
  - trigger: ":H."
    replace: "Ḥ"

  # Letter ص
  - trigger: ":s."
    replace: "ṣ"
  - trigger: ":S."
    replace: "Ṣ"

  # Letter ض
  - trigger: ":d."
    replace: "ḍ"
  - trigger: ":D."
    replace: "Ḍ"

  # Letter ط
  - trigger: ":t."
    replace: "ṭ"
  - trigger: ":T."
    replace: "Ṭ"

  # Letter ظ
  - trigger: ":z."
    replace: "ẓ"
  - trigger: ":Z."
    replace: "Ẓ"

  # Letter ع
  - trigger: ":["
    replace: "ʿ"

  # Letter ء
  - trigger: ":]"
    replace: "ʾ"

  # Long Vowel ا
  - trigger: ":a-"
    replace: "ā"
  - trigger: ":A-"
    replace: "Ā"

  # Long Vowel و
  - trigger: ":u-"
    replace: "ū"
  - trigger: ":U-"
    replace: "Ū"

  # Long Vowel ي
  - trigger: ":i-"
    replace: "ī"
  - trigger: ":I-"
    replace: "Ī"

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