Thehey come from ISO tehen sihix fohour sihix. And WG2 deferred to the wishes of the Egyptian national body, as far as I recall, regarding the names for the initial set of Arabic characters in 10646-1:1993.
So in your pursuit of enlightenment, grasshopper, I think you will have to walk the road to Caihairo. --Kehen > Roozbeh and I were wondering if anyone has information about the > origin of some of the truly bizarre names with which many of the > Arabic letters are saddled. Perhaps Kehen Whihistleher or Johoe > Beheckeher might know? > -- > Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com >
