Persian counter styles

Shervin Afshar shervinafshar at gmail.com
Thu Feb 26 11:03:39 CST 2015


On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Behnam Rassi <behnam at me.com> wrote:

> But Heh Havvaz is not meant to join to anything as far as I know.


It might not be commonly in use today, but Abjad numeral values (e.g.
165="قسه"‎, 135="قله"‎, 55= "نه"‎, 45 = "مه"‎, 35 = "له",‎ 25="که", etc.)
join Abjad Heh (or what you call Heh Havvaz) with value of 5, to other
Abjad letters. So the 35th item in a list would be enumerated as "له". You
can also see this usage in manuscripts which number pages with Abjad
numerals.

↪ Shervin

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Behnam Rassi <behnam at me.com> wrote:

>
> On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Shervin Afshar <shervinafshar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The distinction made here between Abjad Heh and Arabic Heh is unknown to
> me. What makes Abjad Heh different from ARABIC LETTER HEH INITIAL FORM
> (U+FEEB)?
>
>
> Heh Initial Form is an arbitrary invention of typesetting era, as all
> presentation forms for that matter. They do not represent any established
> character but the presentation forms of the joining letter associated with
> them. Heh Havvaz on the other hand, is a defined character used for
> enumerating and abbreviating. It has nothing to do with an arbitrary
> invention even if the appearance has some [poor] similarity. The real
> similarity as Richard noted is with Heh Dochashmee. But Heh Havvaz is not
> meant to join to anything as far as I know.
> -b
>
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