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 | t̲h̲ | t̲ |
| ﺝ | A: j T: c | d̲j̲ | ǧ/Ǧ |
| چ | ç | č | |
| ﺡ | ḥ | ḥ | ḥ |
| ﺥ | kh | k̲h̲ | ḫ |
| خو | khw | k̲h̲w | |
| ﺩ | d | d | d |
| ﺫ | dh | d̲h̲ | d̲ |
| ﺭ | r | r | r |
| ﺯ | z | z | z |
| ژ | zh | z̲h̲ | |
| ﺱ | s | s | s |
| ﺵ | sh | s̲h̲ | 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 | g̲h̲ | ġ/Ġ |
| ﻑ | f | f | f |
| ﻕ | q | ḳ | ḳ/Ḳ |
| 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 |
| ى/ﻱ | 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.
● ة is 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-
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