I am confused! Why people spell "khaat" with two a's? First I though it is a typo, but it seems everybody is writing it like that.
Anyway, I think most people in Iran call the writing sytem "khatt e faarsi" even if to refers to an Arabic text. Furthermore, I still believe that "khatt e koofee" is not just a font, as it was very different from later "khatt"s. There are lots of real samples at: http://www.mnh.si.edu/epigraphy/english_version/html/e_islamic.htm What makes "khatt e koofee" different from the current writing system is the number of characters. Another way of looking at it is to consider Kufi script a script where letters do not have dots. In my opinion, this by itself makes Kufi a different 'script' than modern Arabic. Now, I guess my original suggestion of "Naskh" is technically correct, if the following can add any weight to that choice: http://www.ancientscripts.com/arabic.html http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=56293 Notice that "khatt e naskh" is called "Naskhi script" in English. -- ODC On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:46:37 +0430, Hooman Mehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2004, at 9:01 AM, Peyman wrote: > > > Conclusion: You can say that the origin of our alphabet is Arabic but > > you can not claim that our writing system is Arabic. Our writing > > system is Persian "khaat e farsi". It is what my teacher Dr. Safavi as > > a linguist says in his book and what I also say as a linguist. > > > > Yes, sure. There is no argument with that. The only argument is what > "Arabic Script" means in the context of Locale document. In that > context, we are not talking about "Khaat e Farsi" but the name of the > family of writing systems which are based on Arabic alphabet and its > rules. Anybody with access to linguist know of a short common Persian > term to use for "the family of writing systems that use and extend > Arabic alphabet and its basic rules". I don't think they call the > quoted phrase "Khaat e Farsi". "Khaat e Farsi" is a member of that > group. > > - Hooman Mehr > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PersianComputing mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing > _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
