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Consonants
Standard LC Tajik-Persian in Judeo-Persian in Notes on
Persian Romanization Cyrillic Script Hebrew Script Judeo-Persian
Script
ﺍ א not romanized
when initial; for
medial and final
use, see
Vowels; for
glottal stop/
hamzah, cf. ء
ﺏ Бб בּ ;ב may appear
Bb
without
dot/dagesh
v ב in Hebrew
loanwords
when
appropriate
پ Пп *ף פּ ףּ* ;פ may appear
Pp
without
dot/dagesh; cf.
ﻑ
ﺕ Тт ת Cf. ﺙ, ﺓ
Tt
ﺙ Сс ת ;ס usually in
Ss
loanwords; cf.
ﺕ,س
ﺝ Ҷҷ ִג ;֗ג ;ג׳ cf. ﭺ, ﻍ, گ
Jj
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Consonants
Standard LC Tajik-Persian in Judeo-Persian in Notes on
Persian Romanization Cyrillic Script Hebrew Script Judeo-Persian
Script
ﭺ Чч ֶג ;צ׳ ץ׳* ;ג׳ cf. ﺝ, ﻍ, گ,
Ch ch
ﺹ
ﺡ Ҳҳ ח in loanwords
Ḥḥ
Śś שׂ ;ש in Hebrew
loanwords; cf.
ﺵ
ﺵ Шш שׁ ;ש Cf. ﺱ
Sh sh
ﺹ Сс usually in
Ṣ ṣ *צ ץ loanwords; cf. ﭺ
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Consonants
Standard LC Tajik-Persian in Judeo-Persian in Notes on
Persian Romanization Cyrillic Script Hebrew Script Judeo-Persian
Script
ﺽ Зз ז in loanwords;
Z̤ z̤
cf. ﺫ, ﺯ, ﮊ, ﻅ
ﻁ Тт ט usually in
Ṭṭ
loanwords; cf.
ﻅ
ﻅ Зз
ט ;ז usually in
Ẓẓ
loanwords; cf.
ﺫ,
ﺯ, ﮊ, ﺽ, ﻁ
ﻉ Ъъ
ע in loanwords
ʿ (ayn)
ﻍ Ғғ
֗ג ;ג cf. ج, ﭺ, گ
Gh, gh
ﻑ Фф
*ף ; ֗פ ֗ף* ;פ cf. پ
Ff
*̄פ ̄ף
ﻕ Ққ
ק usually in
Qq
loanwords
ﻙ Кк may appear
Kk *כּ ךּ*;כ ך without
dot/dagesh; cf.
ﺥ
گ Гг
גּ ;ג cf. ج, ﭺ, ﻍ
Gg
ﻝ Лл
ל
Ll
ﻡ Мм
מם
Mm
ﻥ Нн
נן
Nn
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Consonants
Standard LC Tajik-Persian in Judeo-Persian in Notes on
Persian Romanization Cyrillic Script Hebrew Script Judeo-Persian
Script
ﻭ Вв
וor וו may be doubled
Vv
when not initial;
for use as a
vowel, see
Vowels
ﻩ Ҳҳ
ה
Hh
ى Йй
יor יי may be doubled
Yy
when not initial;
for use as a
vowel, see
Vowels
ء Ъъ
א in loanwords;
ʼ
cf. ﺍ
ﺓ ת in Arabic
t
loanwords
* Asterisks mark “final forms” of the Hebrew letters—forms used only at the end
of a word.
Judeo-Persian consonant usage varies from text to text, and sometimes within
the same text. Therefore the table provides multiple Hebrew-character variants
of some Persian characters, but does not offer an exhaustive list of all
possibilities.
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VOWELS
Tajik-Persian vowels
Standard LC Tajik- Tajik-Persian Notes
Persian Romanization Persian in romanization for Judeo-
Script of Standard Cyrillic Persian
Persian script vowels, see
below
َ◌ Аа Aa
Aa
آ,ﺍ Оо Oo
Āā
ى Ӣӣ Ī ī
Ī ī
ِ◌ Ии Ii
Ii
ﻭ Ӯӯ Ūū
Ūū
ُ◌ Уу Uu
Uu
Юю in loanwords
Ээ Ėė in loanwords
Ее in loanwords
Ee
Ёё in loanwords
Ëë
Яя in loanwords
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ְבּ e
unvocalized
texts do not
(sheṿa naʽ)
distinguish
ْ◌ sheva, /a/,
ְבּ not romanized
/e/, /é/ or /i/
(sheṿa naḥ)
َ◌ ַבּ Aa
Aa
آ,ﺍ Āā ָבּא Āā
when first
( ͂אalef with consonant is
maddah); אָ alif
ֶבּ Ee unvocalized
texts do not
distinguish
sheva, /a/,
/e/, /é/ or /i/
ِ◌ ִבּ Ii unvocalized
Ii
texts do not
distinguish
sheva, /a/,
/e/, /é/ or /i/
ى ִבּי Ī ī
Īī
ֵבּ Éé unvocalized
texts do not
distinguish
sheva, /a/,
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ֵבּי Ēē
בּוֹ Oo
ُ◌ or ﻭ
U u, Ū ū בּוּ Uu
Judeo-Persian diphthongs
◌ُو ַבּוְו ; ַבּוו
aw aw
◌َى ַבּיְי ; ַבּיי
ay ay
Judeo-Persian digraph
ٱل al
al
(alif-lam)
This table does not provide a complete romanization for the voweling of
unvocalized Judeo-Persian texts. The ALA/LC Romanization table for Persian
may be consulted.