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===Special alif diacritics=== | ===Special alif diacritics=== | ||
* دٰ - dagger alif (أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة, ''alif khanjarīyah'') | * دٰ ("d'''aa'''") - dagger alif (أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة, ''alif khanjarīyah'') | ||
** Dagger alif (vertical line above a letter) means a long vowel "aa" after the letter. | ** Dagger alif (vertical line above a letter) means a long vowel "aa" after the letter. | ||
** It is used a lot in the Qu'ran in the Uthmani script, but in the modern Imla'ei script, the words are often written with regular alif placed after the letter instead. | ** It is used a lot in the Qu'ran in the Uthmani script, but in the modern Imla'ei script, the words are often written with regular alif placed after the letter instead. | ||