Proposal to encode an Arabic honorific used in Christian texts · Proposal to encode an Arabic...

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L2/20-081ProposaltoencodeanArabichonorificusedinChristiantextsRoozbehPournader(WhatsApp)andLornaEvans(SILInternational)March10,2020

BackgroundTheUnicodeTechnicalCommittee,initsrecentmeetings,hasacceptedeighteenArabichonorificsproposedbythefirstauthorandothers.Onlycharactersforwhichwecouldfindexamplesinrunningtextinpublishedmaterialwereproposed.Since,wehavefoundanotherhonorificinpublishedmaterial,thistimeinChristianreligioustexts.

ProposalEncodethefollowingcharacterintheUnicodeStandard:

Glyph Codepoint Name

FDCF ARABICLIGATURESALAAMUHUALAYNAA

Themaincharacterpropertiesshouldbeasfollows:FDCF;ARABIC LIGATURE SALAAMUHU ALAYNAA;So;0;ON;;;;;N;;;;;

ThescriptpropertyforthecharactershouldbeArabic.AllotherpropertiesshouldbesimilartoU+FDFDARABICLIGATUREBISMILLAHAR-RAHMANAR-RAHEEM.

Notes1. Thephrase انيلع همالس (“hisblessingonus”)appearstohaveoriginatedamongEgyptian

Copts,tolaterspreadamongotherArabic-speakingChristians.2. ThecharacternamematchestheexistingpatternsinUnicodecharacternames.TheArabic

phrasehasbeentranscribedwithakeysimilartothatusedinU+FDFDARABICLIGATUREBISMILLAHAR-RAHMANAR-RAHEEMandtheQuraniccharactersacceptedatU+08D5..U+08D2(seeL2/14-105),asopposedtoU+FDF0..U+FDFBandU+0610..U+0613.ThisisbecausetheformerpatternismorecommonamongArabicspeakers.

3. Thefollowingtwenty-threeformsexistinsomehonorificfonts,butwehaven’tyetfoundevidencefortheirusageinpublishedmaterial.Theymaybeproposedlater:

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Glyph Spelledoutform Glyph Spelledoutform

! % مالس

01/عمجا مهيلع % اهمحر

% ناوضر

01/عمجا م8يلع % امهمحر

ه;لع % تاولص " % نهمحر

ا8يلع % تاولص ! مهA سدق

ام8يلع % تاولص " امهA سدق

مهيلع % تاولص # # ەA سدق فEFGلا

$ مهيلع % تاولص01/عمجا Lاعت % لجع

فEFGلا هجرف

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% ه;لع % ةمحر

% هظفح

ا8يلع % ةمحر

% ا8ظفح

م8يلع % ةمحر % م8ظفح

ام8يلع % ةمحر $ العو لج

ن8يلع % ةمحر

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Sampleofusage

Figure1.Exampleofusagefromal-Nasrī2019,p.653.

Figure2.ExampleofusagefromJatlāwī2017,p.264.

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Figure3.Thehonorificinspelled-outcalligraphicform,fromal-Nasrī2019,p.641.

Bibliography1. Al-HādīJatlāwī.2017.al-Ma’nīal-sahīhli-Injīlal-Masīh( حيسملا ل7جنإل حيحصلا 0/عملا ).Āfāq,

Tunis.ISBN978-614-430-068-8.2. Fathīal-Nasrī.2019.Adwā’unalāSiyaral-’Anbiā’:al-’Anbiā’al-’Awwalūn( :ءاB7نألا @?س <ع ءاوضأ

نولوألا ءاB7نألا ).Al-Furāt,Beirut.ISBN978-0-9566897-6-4.

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ISO/IECJTC1/SC2/WG2PROPOSALSUMMARYFORMTOACCOMPANYSUBMISSIONSFORADDITIONSTOTHEREPERTOIREOFISO/IEC10646

A.Administrative

1.Title:ProposaltoencodeanArabichonorificusedinChristiantexts2.Requester’sname:RoozbehPournaderandLornaEvans3.RequesterType:ExpertContribution4.Submissiondate:March10,20205.Requester’sreference,ifapplicable:N/A6.Chooseoneofthefollowing: Thisisacompleteproposal:Yes (or)Moreinformationwillbeprovidedlater:No

B.Technical–General

1.Chooseoneofthefollowing: a.Thisproposalisforanewscript(setofcharacters):No Proposednameofscript:N/A b.Theproposalisforadditionofcharacter(s)toanexistingblock:Yes Nameofexistingblock:ArabicPresentationForms-A2.Numberofcharactersinproposal:13.Proposedcategory:A-Contemporary4.Isarepertoireincludingcharacternamesprovided?Yes

a.IfYES,arethenamesinaccordancewiththe“characternamingguidelines”inAnnexLofP&Pdocument?Yesb.Arethecharactershapesattachedinalegibleformsuitableforreview?Yes

5.Fontsrelated:a.WhowillprovidetheappropriatecomputerizedfonttotheProjectEditorof10646forpublishingthestandard?LornaEvansb.Identifythepartygrantingalicenseforuseofthefontbytheeditors(includeaddress,e-mail,ftp-site,etc.):SILInternational

6.References:a.Arereferences(toothercharactersets,dictionaries,descriptivetextsetc.)provided?Yesb.Arepublishedexamplesofuse(suchassamplesfromnewspapers,magazines,orothersources)ofproposedcharactersattached?Yes

7.Specialencodingissues:Doestheproposaladdressotheraspectsofcharacterdataprocessing(ifapplicable)suchasinput,presentation,sorting,searching,indexing,transliterationetc.(ifyespleaseendorseinformation)?Yes

8.Additionalinformation:SubmittersareinvitedtoprovideanyadditionalinformationaboutPropertiesoftheproposedCharacter(s)orScriptthatwillassistincorrectunderstandingofandcorrectlinguisticprocessingoftheproposedcharacter(s)orscript.Examplesofsuchpropertiesare:Casinginformation,Numericinformation,Currencyinformation,Displaybehaviourinformationsuchaslinebreaks,widthsetc.,Combiningbehaviour,Spacingbehaviour,Directionalbehaviour,DefaultCollation

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behaviour,relevanceinMarkUpcontexts,CompatibilityequivalenceandotherUnicodenormalizationrelatedinformation.SeetheUnicodestandardathttp://www.unicode.orgforsuchinformationonotherscripts.AlsoseeUnicodeCharacterDatabase(http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/)andassociatedUnicodeTechnicalReportsforinformationneededforconsiderationbytheUnicodeTechnicalCommitteeforinclusionintheUnicodeStandard.

C.Technical-Justification

1.Hasthisproposalforadditionofcharacter(s)beensubmittedbefore?NoIfYESexplain:N/A

2.Hascontactbeenmadetomembersoftheusercommunity(forexample:NationalBody,usergroupsofthescriptorcharacters,otherexperts,etc.)?Yes

IfYES,withwhom?TheusercommunityhascontactedSILInternationaltohelpgetthecharacterencodedinUnicode

IfYES,availablerelevantdocuments:N/A3.Informationontheusercommunityfortheproposedcharacters(forexample:size,demographics,informationtechnologyuse,orpublishinguse)isincluded?Yes

Reference:Seeabove4.Thecontextofusefortheproposedcharacters(typeofuse;commonorrare):Rare

Reference:N/A5.Aretheproposedcharactersincurrentusebytheusercommunity?Yes

IfYES,where?Reference:Seeabove6.AftergivingdueconsiderationstotheprinciplesintheP&PdocumentmusttheproposedcharactersbeentirelyintheBMP?Yes

IfYES,isarationaleprovided?Yes.Needtobenexttosimilarcharacters.IfYES,reference:N/A

7.Shouldtheproposedcharactersbekepttogetherinacontiguousrange(ratherthanbeingscattered)?N/A8.Cananyoftheproposedcharactersbeconsideredapresentationformofanexistingcharacterorcharactersequence?Yes

IfYES,isarationaleforitsinclusionprovided?YesIfYES,reference:Similaritytoalready-encodedcharactersanddifferentusage.

9.Cananyoftheproposedcharactersbeencodedusingacomposedcharactersequenceofeitherexistingcharactersorotherproposedcharacters?Yes

IfYES,isarationaleforitsinclusionprovided?YesIfYES,reference:Seeabove

10.Cananyoftheproposedcharacter(s)beconsideredtobesimilar(inappearanceorfunction)to,orcouldbeconfusedwith,anexistingcharacter?No

IfYES,isarationaleforitsinclusionprovided?N/AIfYES,reference:N/A

11.Doestheproposalincludeuseofcombiningcharactersand/oruseofcompositesequences?No

IfYES,isarationaleforsuchuseprovided?N/AIfYES,reference:N/A

Isalistofcompositesequencesandtheircorrespondingglyphimages(graphicsymbols)provided?N/A

IfYES,reference:N/A12.Doestheproposalcontaincharacterswithanyspecialpropertiessuchascontrolfunctionor

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similarsemantics?NoIfYES,describeindetail(includeattachmentifnecessary):N/A

13.DoestheproposalcontainanyIdeographiccompatibilitycharacters?NoIfYES,aretheequivalentcorrespondingunifiedideographiccharactersidentified?N/AIfYES,reference:N/A