Showing posts with label Kerala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kerala. Show all posts
Saturday, 15 June 2024
India 1883 (and 2000)
The British Libray holds Arabic books printed in Kerala (or around) by Muslims.
The place of publication is يلشير (Tilshīr), possibly Thalassery.
from a modern print by Ch Muhammed And Son in Tirurangadi, Malappuram, Kerala
Sunday, 8 March 2020
iẓhār nūn (& iqlāb mīm)
Marijn van Putten has discovered the iẓhār nūn
both after tanwīn:

and "normal" nūn sākin:
and even one example where the extra green nūn is misplaced ‒ suggesting that the colour signs were added in a second phase:
should have been like this I'm a bit disappointed that van Putten has never seen or heard of iẓhār nūn, although I have published about it. I first discovered it in Bombay reprints from Indonesia, but later both in Indian mss. and prints.
both after tanwīn:
and "normal" nūn sākin:

and even one example where the extra green nūn is misplaced ‒ suggesting that the colour signs were added in a second phase:

should have been like this I'm a bit disappointed that van Putten has never seen or heard of iẓhār nūn, although I have published about it. I first discovered it in Bombay reprints from Indonesia, but later both in Indian mss. and prints.

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