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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