On Wed, 22 May 2002, Abi Lover wrote:
> There is also another letter form that I think should be added
> to the Farsi alphabet: that is a <DANDANEH> with a <HAMZEH ABOVE>. The
> Arabic letter <YEH> with a <HAMZEH ABOVE> is not used in Farsi. But <A
> DANDANEH WITH HAMZEH ABOVE> is used. This is peculiar to Farsi. It does not
> have a final or middle form, but it does have an initial and a middle form.
> It is a complete item of the Farsi sound and alphabet, and it should be
> identified as an independent character by itself. I don't know if Unicode
> recognises this or not. If it does not, then it should be recommended for
> recognition, and it should be implemented in the Farsi standard.
This Dandaneh with Hamza Above is exactly the same as Yeh with Hamza
Above, so the same letter can be used for the purpose (Yeh with Hamza
Above is a mandatory character in the standard).
Also, please note that the final and isolated forms are used in words like
{motela'le'}. Because of this fact, this should not be considered a
different letter from Yeh With Hamza Above, in our belief.
roozbeh
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