Arabizi Mapping

Arabizi Mapping Reference

Complete mapping of Latin characters to Arabic script used by Laren.

Number Mappings

Numbers are used in Arabizi to represent Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent:

Input	Arabic	Name	Example
2	ء أ إ ق	Hamza, Alef variants, Qaf	2amar → قمر
3	ع	Ain	3arab → عرب
5	خ	Kha	5alas → خلاص
6	ط	Taa (emphatic)	6abee3i → طبيعي
7	ح	Haa	7abibi → حبيبي
8	ق	Qaf	8alb → قلب
9	ص	Sad	9abr → صبر

Consonant Mappings

Input	Arabic	Notes
b	ب
t	ت ط	Both taa and emphatic taa
g	ج	Egyptian pronunciation
j	ج
d	د ض	Both dal and dad
r	ر
z	ز ظ ذ	Zayn, dhaa, dhal
s	س ص	Both seen and sad
f	ف
q	ق
k	ق ك	Both qaf and kaf
l	ل
m	م
n	ن
h	ه ح	Both ha and haa
w	و
y	ي
p	ب	(no P in Arabic)
v	ف	(no V in Arabic)
x	خ
c	ك

Vowel Mappings

Vowels have a special SKIP option — Arabic doesn't write short vowels, so SKIP produces no output character:

Input	Arabic	Notes
a	∅ ا أ ى ه ة	SKIP + alef + hamza + maqsura + ha + ta marbuta
i	∅ ي ا أ إ	SKIP + ya + alef variants
u	∅ و أ	SKIP + waw + hamza
o	∅ و أ	Same as u
e	∅ ي ا أ إ	Same as i

Digraphs

Multi-character combinations (matched before single characters):

Input	Arabic	Notes
sh	ش	Sheen
kh	خ	Kha
gh	غ	Ghain
th	ث ذ	Tha or Dhal
dh	ذ ض	Dhal or Dad
aa	ا آ	Long alef / alef madda
ee	ي	Long ya
oo	و	Long waw
ou	و	Waw

Apostrophe Variants

Input	Arabic	Notes
3'	غ	Ghain (alternative)
7'	خ	Kha (alternative)
6'	ظ	Dhaa (alternative)
9'	ض	Dad (alternative)
d'	ذ	Dhal (alternative)
t'	ث	Tha (alternative)
s'	ش	Sheen (alternative)

Doubled Consonants

Typing a letter twice maps to a single Arabic letter (with implied shadda):

Input	Arabic
bb	ب
tt	ت ط
dd	د ض
rr	ر
ss	س ص
ff	ف
kk	ك
ll	ل
mm	م
nn	ن
yy	ي
ww	و
zz	ز
gg	ج
hh	ه

How Matching Works

flowchart TD
    A["Input at position N"] --> B{"Try longest match first"}
    B -->|"3+ chars: 3', 7', etc."| C["Apostrophe variants"]
    B -->|"2 chars: sh, kh, th, etc."| D["Digraphs"]
    B -->|"2 chars: bb, tt, etc."| E["Doubled consonants"]
    B -->|"1 char"| F["Single mappings"]
    B -->|"1 digit"| G["Number mappings"]

    C --> H["For each Arabic option:<br/>recurse at position N+2 or N+3"]
    D --> H
    E --> H
    F --> I["For each Arabic option:<br/>recurse at position N+1"]
    G --> I

    style A fill:#e1f5fe
    style H fill:#c8e6c9
    style I fill:#c8e6c9

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