Talk:ﷳ

Unicode character
Hi, I'd like to add the reason why Unicode has a character for this term. Thank you in advance. --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:38, 4 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Arabic presentation forms has a few characters defined as "word ligatures" for terms that are frequently used in formulaic expressions. These word ligatures are rarely used outside of professional liturgical typing. In the case of, it is usually used in conjunction with . This takes the form of (Allāhu akbar). —Stephen (Talk) 21:26, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

I'm curious about whether the definite forms without the lām-alif ligature, such as, are really used with this Unicode ligature character. Can't find results on Google, it seems. Wyang (talk) 21:54, 14 July 2017 (UTC)


 * No, these presentation forms cannot be mixed with regular Arabic script in the same word. They won't connect when needed, and the typeface is likely to be different. To make the definite form AL-AKBAR using presentation letters, only presentation forms may be used: . —Stephen (Talk) 07:40, 18 July 2017 (UTC)