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orthographical

signs

Usually written with a smaller pen, orthographical signs represent short vowels and are positioned above and below the letters according to the grammatical system.

The letter beh and alif is used to demonstrate how the signs affect pronunciation.

Bold & italic = the name of the signs.
Regular & italic = how the signs affect the pronunciation.

Only the most widely used signs are featured here. 

sukun

dammah

kasrah

fathah

vowelless

bu

bi

ba

tanwin maj’rur

tanwin marfu’

shaddah

Hamzat al-alif

Maddah

Tanwin mansub

doubled BB

bun

bin

placed above final joined alif or some other letters

Baseline

extend alif's sound

e

a’

Decorative signs placed below undotted letters heh, sin, Sad, ‘ain respectively; help create a visually balanced text.

Decorative signs placed above undotted letters sin and ra.

Baseline

Placed above/below final joined heh to indicate it is not ta marbouta.

Another sign that may be placed above vowelless consonants.

Sign to indicate that an alif must be pronounced even if it is not written.

Baseline

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