PERSIAN These are the minimum characters needed to type Romanized Persian. This chart is roughly based on the PDF chart on the website of the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/persian.pdf

notes

Unicode symbol

keys to type

Latin transliteration Check your browser/fonts with this column!

Persian letter

Appears as box on WinXP/Office2003

U+02BE

Ctrl+Right Alt + DIGIT ZERO

ʾ

ء

U+0062

b

b

ب

U+0042

B

B

U+0070

p

p

پ

U+0050

P

P

U+0074

t

t

ت

U+0054

T

T

Combining form required ** Combining Macron below is U+0331 ** Appears as box on WinXP/Office2003

U+ 0073 + U+0331

type s, then Ctrl+Right Alt + HYPHEN

s̱

ث

U+ 0053 + U+0331

type S, then Ctrl+ Right Alt + HYPHEN

S̱

U+006A

j

j

ج

U+004A

J

J

U+0063 + U+0068

ch

ch

چ

U+0043 + U+0048

CH

CH

U+1E25

<h

ḥ

ح

U+1E24

<H

Ḥ

U+006B + U+0068

kh

kh

خ

U+004B + U+0048

KH

KH

U+0064

d

d

د

U+0044

D

D

U+1E95

type z, then Ctrl+ Right Alt HYPHEN

ẕ

ذ

U+1E94

type Z, then Ctrl+Right Alt HYPHEN

Ẕ

U+0072

r

r

ر

U+ 0052

R

R

U+ 007A

z

z

ز

U+ 005A

Z

Z

U+007A + U+0068

zh

zh

ژ

U+005A + U+0048

ZH

ZH

U+0073

s

s

س

U+ 0053

S

S

U+0073 + U+0068

sh

sh

ش

U+ 0053 + U+0048

SH

SH

U+ 1E63

<s

ṣ

ص

U+ 1E62

<S

Ṣ

Combining character required: “combining diaeresis below” U+0324 ** Appears as box on WinXP/Office2003

U+ 007A + U+0324

type z, then Ctrl+ Right Alt SEMICOLON

z̤

ض

U+ 005A + U+0324

type Z, then Ctrl+ Right Alt + SEMICOLON

Z̤

U+ 1E6D

<t

ṭ

ط

U+ 1E6C

<T

Ṭ

U+ 1E93

<z

ẓ

ظ

U+ 1E92

<Z

Ẓ

Appears as box on WinXP/Office2003

U+ 02BF

Ctrl+Right Alt DIGIT NINE

ʿ

ع

U+ 0067 + U+ 0068

gh

gh

غ

U+ 0047 + U+ 0048

GH

GH

U+ 0066

f

f

ف

U+ 0046

F

F

U+ 0071

q

q

ق

U+ 0051

Q

Q

U+ 006B

k

k

ک

U+ 004B

K

K

U+0067

g

g

گ

U+0047

G

G

U+ 006C

l

l

ل

U+ 004C

L

L

U+ 006D

m

m

م

U+ 004D

M

M

U+ 006E

n

n

ن

U+ 004E

N

N

U+ 0068

h

h

ه

U+ 0048

H

H

U+ 0076

v

v

و

U+ 0056

V

V

U+ 0079

y

y

ی

U+ 0059

Y

Y

vowels

U+ 0061

a

a

َ

U+ 0041

A

A

U+ 0075

u

u

ُ

U+ 0055

U

U

U+ 0069

i

i

ِ

U+ 0049

I

I

U+ 0101

{a

ā

َا، آ

U+ 0100

{A

Ā

U+ 00E1

+a

á

َى

U+ 00C1

+A

Á

U+016B

{u

ū

ُو

U+ 016A

{U

Ū

Diphthongs

U+0061 + U+0077

aw

aw

َوْ

U+0041 + U+0057

AW

AW

U+0061 + U+0079

ay

ay

َیْ

U+0041 + U+0059

AY

AY

non-breaking hyphen

al

ال

Additional Characters (non-LC) sometimes used for Persian

U+ 00E6

Right Alt + Ctrl + [

æ

َ

U+ 00C6

Right Alt + Ctrl + ]

Æ

َ

U+ 00E2

^a

â

ا، آ

U+ 00C2

^A

Â

ا، آ

Additional Characters for Arabic Letters which LC transliterates differently than Persian

U+ 1E0D

<d

ḍ

ض

U+ 1E0C

<D

Ḍ

This document goes with

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/rfpit/persianword/ALARomanizationPersoArabic.html