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476:, head of the religion from 1921 to 1957, created the system of Baháʼí orthography and shared a list of examples of common terms with Baháʼís around the world in several letters in 1923. The stated need for standardized transliteration was to "avoid confusion in future, and insure in this matter a uniformity which is greatly needed at present in all Baháʼí literature." According to the standard, the most common terms are "Baháʼí", "Baháʼís", "Báb", "Baháʼu'lláh", and "ʻAbdu'l-Bahá", using accent marks to distinguish long vowels, and raised turned versus raised commas to distinguish 2776: 40: 412: 487:
Since the Baháʼís adopted their system, Middle Eastern scholars have modified the standard academic system adopted in 1894 in various ways, and have created a separate, related system for writing Persian (a principal change being use of e and o). The Baháʼí system, however, has now been used to print
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The Unicode character for the ʻayin, the 6-like 'combining letter turned comma', is U+2BB (decimal U+699), and the character for hamza, the 9-like 'combining letter apostrophe', is U+2BC (decimal U+700). They can be written as ʻ and ʼ (decimal ʻ and ʼ), or with
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volumes III (1930) and VII (1939). The system has been widely adopted by Baháʼí publishers. The underdots, underscores, and sometimes the accents are frequently omitted online and in less formal writing due to the difficulty in rendering text.
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thousands of books and pamphlets in many languages, hence modifying it would create confusion and force authors to use two different spelling systems (one in passages being quoted exactly, the other in the rest of the text).
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The Unicode character for the underline, 'combining double macron below', is U+35F (decimal U+863). It can be written as hex ͟ or decimal ͟, or with the template
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script. The system used in Baháʼí literature was set in 1923, and although it was based on a commonly used standard of the time, it has its own embellishments that make it unique.
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Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet: together with the Numerical Value of the letters (Abjad Reckoning).
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While the accent and phonemic diacritic marks in the word "Baháʼí" indicate a three syllable pronunciation as
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in September 1894. Shoghi Effendi changed some details of the Congress's system, most notably in the use of
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The Baháʼí transliteration scheme that Shoghi Effendi adopted was based on a standard adopted by the Tenth
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Tenth International Congress of Orientalists. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Geneva. pp. 879–892.
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A list of frequently used words using the new system was first shared in 1923 and later published in
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The Baháʼí transliteration can often differ markedly from versions commonly in use in English.
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All Words – Bahaʼi Glossary, a Spoken Dictionary of Bahaʼi Words and Phrases – BahaIQ
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The apostrophe and the two apostrophe-like letters are distinguished in the name
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See letters of 12 March 1923, 9 April 1923, and 26 November 1923, published in
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vary regionally and the table mostly demonstrates the abstract Arabic phonemes.
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Romanization scheme for Arabic and Persian words, used in Bahá'í literature
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for English. The realization of the English pronunciation varies. The
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In Persian, the final form of the letter is written undotted.
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used a variety of transliterations from Arabic. For example,
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(1894). 1894:Real phonetic values of 2890:Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh 2868:Some Answered Questions 2223:Random House Dictionary 527:in certain cases (e.g. 182:Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh 158:Some Answered Questions 3135:Romanization of Arabic 3073:Progressive revelation 1991:Perso-Arabic Spelling 373:Progressive revelation 3015:Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh 2977:Letters of the Living 2657:Baháʼí Library Online 2629:Baháʼí Administration 2436:Jonah Winters, 2002, 2037:/fɑːˈtˤɪmæ,ˈfɑːtˤɪmæ/ 1982:Persian pronunciation 589:⟨Mahdí⟩ 585:⟨Mihdí⟩ 313:Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh 278:Letters of the Living 2905:Spiritual Assemblies 2895:Administrative Order 1987:Arabic pronunciation 519:which took place in 202:Spiritual Assemblies 187:Administrative Order 3160:Persian orthography 2424:, pp. 614–615. 2412:, pp. 256–257. 2108:[bæhɒːˈʔiː] 1975:Baháʼí Orthography 607:Perso-Arabic script 596:The Baháʼí Yearbook 579:), specifically an 3140:1923 introductions 2957:Hands of the Cause 2830:Nineteen Day Feast 2598:Shahrokh, Darius, 258:Hands of the Cause 118:Nineteen Day Feast 3117: 3116: 3027:Shrine of the Báb 2810:Unity of religion 2805:Unity of humanity 2653:"Transliteration" 2103: 2102: 1883: 1882: 1826: 1769: 1758: 1627: 1575: 1549: 1530: 1465: 1446: 1412: 1401: 1367: 1356: 1322: 1311: 1277: 1266: 1232: 1221: 1125: 1029: 1018: 922: 911: 877: 812: 801: 736: 671: 662: 577:⟨w⟩ 573:⟨v⟩ 452: 451: 325:Shrine of the Báb 98:Unity of religion 93:Unity of humanity 3167: 3155:1923 in religion 3130:Bahá'í practices 3005:House of Worship 2861:The Hidden Words 2778: 2735: 2728: 2721: 2712: 2682: 2679:The Baháʼí World 2674: 2671:The Baháʼí World 2666: 2664: 2663: 2644: 2632: 2608: 2606: 2595: 2593: 2581: 2575: 2574: 2563: 2557: 2556: 2554: 2553: 2544:. 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Index

a series
Baháʼí Faith

Baháʼu'lláh
The Báb
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Teachings
Unity of God
Unity of humanity
Unity of religion
Laws
Prayer
Calendar
Nineteen Day Feast
Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The Hidden Words
Some Answered Questions
Other Texts
Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh
Administrative Order
The Guardianship
Universal House of Justice
Spiritual Assemblies
Baháʼí history
Timeline
Bábism
Persecution
Shoghi Effendi
Hands of the Cause

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