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> a few letters had to be invented to write letters in Persian and Turkish that Arabic did not have (such as g or p). Both the Farsi and Urdu alphabets have co
by u801e 7y ago
> a few letters had to be invented to write letters in Persian and Turkish that Arabic did not have (such as g or p).
Both the Farsi and Urdu alphabets have consonants for those particular sounds گ "gaf" and پ "peh". Given that a lot of Persian words were used, then it would stand to reason that they used the existing letters that were used in Persian.
- sdiq 7y agoAnd the Egyptian, unlike the Gulf Arabs, for example, would use ج "jim" and still pronounce it as your "gaf".