Encoding Schemes¶
Below is a reference conversion table of Arabic to Buckwalter (BW), Safe Buckwalter (Safe BW), XML Buckwalter (XML BW), and Habash-Soudi-Buckwalter (HSB) transliteration schemes.
| Unicode | Arabic | BW | Safe BW | XML BW | HSB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \u0621 | ء | ‘ | C | ‘ | ‘ |
| \u0622 | آ | | | M | | | Ā |
| \u0623 | أ | > | O | O | Â |
| \u0624 | ؤ | & | W | W | ŵ |
| \u0625 | إ | < | I | I | Ă |
| \u0626 | ئ | } | Q | } | ŷ |
| \u0627 | ا | A | A | A | A |
| \u0628 | ب | b | b | b | b |
| \u0629 | ة | p | p | p | ħ |
| \u062A | ت | t | t | t | t |
| \u062B | ث | v | v | v | θ |
| \u062C | ج | j | j | j | j |
| \u062D | ح | H | H | H | H |
| \u062E | خ | x | x | x | x |
| \u062F | د | d | d | d | d |
| \u0630 | ذ | * | V | * | ð |
| \u0631 | ر | r | r | r | r |
| \u0632 | ز | z | z | z | z |
| \u0633 | س | s | s | s | s |
| \u0634 | ش | $ | c | $ | š |
| \u0635 | ص | S | S | S | S |
| \u0636 | ض | D | D | D | D |
| \u0637 | ط | T | T | T | T |
| \u0638 | ظ | Z | Z | Z | Ď |
| \u0639 | ع | E | E | E | ς |
| \u063A | غ | g | g | g | γ |
| \u0640 | ـ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| \u0641 | ف | f | f | f | f |
| \u0642 | ق | q | q | q | q |
| \u0643 | ك | k | k | k | k |
| \u0644 | ل | l | l | l | l |
| \u0645 | م | m | m | m | m |
| \u0646 | ن | n | n | n | n |
| \u0647 | ه | h | h | h | h |
| \u0648 | و | w | w | w | w |
| \u0649 | ى | Y | Y | Y | ý |
| \u064A | ي | y | y | y | y |
| \u064B | ً | F | F | F | ã |
| \u064C | ٌ | N | N | N | ũ |
| \u064D | ٍ | K | K | K | ĩ |
| \u064E | َ | a | a | a | a |
| \u064F | ُ | u | u | u | u |
| \u0650 | ِ | i | i | i | i |
| \u0651 | ّ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| \u0652 | ْ | o | o | o | . |
| \u0670 | ٰ | ` | e | ` | á |
| \u0671 | ٱ | { | L | { | Ä |
| \u067E | پ | P | P | P | p |
| \u0686 | چ | J | J | J | c |
| \u06A4 | ڤ | V | B | V | v |
| \u06AF | گ | G | G | G | g |