Re: Meaning of a.o. Persian

2003-07-30 Thread Peter Kirk
On 30/07/2003 03:56, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: But is ZWJ actually required within text, or only for display of joining forms in isolation? A simple example would be of interest. Yes, it is used in normal text. But the only frequent use is after a single Heh, to make it appear in the initial

Re: Meaning of a.o. Persian

2003-07-30 Thread Roozbeh Pournader
> But is ZWJ actually required > within text, or only for display of joining forms in isolation? A simple > example would be of interest. Yes, it is used in normal text. But the only frequent use is after a single Heh, to make it appear in the initial form (which is by tradition used to distingu

Re: Meaning of a.o. Persian

2003-07-29 Thread Karljürgen Feuerherm
I think it is reasonably common. I was about to post the same remark you did. K - Original Message - From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Patrick Andries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:11 P

Re: Meaning of a.o. Persian

2003-07-29 Thread Peter Kirk
On 29/07/2003 10:20, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 21:06, Patrick Andries wrote: UTR 20, table 4.1 writes that ZWNJ and ZWJ are needed for « a.o. Persian ». What does the abbreviation « a.o. » mean ? Arabic O..? I have no clue about that, but ... Is this current Farsi

Re: Meaning of a.o. Persian

2003-07-29 Thread John Cowan
Patrick Andries scripsit: > UTR 20, table 4.1 writes that ZWNJ and ZWJ are needed for « a.o. Persian ». > > What does the abbreviation « a.o. » mean ? Arabic O..? It appears to mean "among others", but is not as far as I know a commonly understood abbreviation. -- "How they ever reached any co

Re: Meaning of a.o. Persian

2003-07-29 Thread Roozbeh Pournader
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 21:06, Patrick Andries wrote: > UTR 20, table 4.1 writes that ZWNJ and ZWJ are needed for « a.o. Persian ». > > What does the abbreviation « a.o. » mean ? Arabic O..? I have no clue about that, but ... > Is this current Farsi or some historical Persian ? ZWNJ and ZWJ are r

Meaning of a.o. Persian

2003-07-29 Thread Patrick Andries
UTR 20, table 4.1 writes that ZWNJ and ZWJ are needed for « a.o. Persian ». What does the abbreviation « a.o. » mean ? Arabic O..? Is this current Farsi or some historical Persian ? Thank you P.A.