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	ṯ
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	ḏ
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