| Psalter Pahlavi | |
| Type: | Abjad |
| Languages: | Middle Persian |
| Time: | Mid-6th to 7th century CE |
| Fam1: | Aramaic alphabet |
| Fam2: | Pahlavi scripts |
| Sample: | Cross of Herat - Psalter Pahlavi Inscription.png |
| Caption: | Sample of text taken from the Cross of Herat |
| Unicode: | U+10B80 - U+10BAF |
| Iso15924: | 132 |
| Note: | none |
Psalter Pahlavi is a cursive abjad that was used for writing Middle Persian on paper; it is thus described as one of the Pahlavi scripts.[1] It was written right to left, usually with spaces between words.[1]
It takes its name from the Pahlavi Psalter, part of the Psalms translated from Syriac to Middle Persian and found in what is now western China.[2]
| Name | Image | Text | IPA[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Aleph | /a/, /aː/ | |||
| align=left | Beth | /b/, /w/ | |||
| align=left | Gimel | /g/, /j/ | |||
| align=left | Daleth | /d/, /j/ | |||
| align=left | He | /h/ | |||
| align=left | Waw-Ayin-Resh | /w/, /r/ | |||
| align=left | Zayin | /z/ | |||
| align=left | Heth | /h/, /x/ | |||
| align=left | Yodh | /j/, /ē̆/, /ī̆/, /d͡ʒ/ | |||
| align=left | Kaph | /k/, /g/ | |||
| align=left | Lamedh | /l/, /r/ | |||
| align=left | Mem-Qoph | /m/, /q/ | |||
| align=left | Nun | /n/ | |||
| align=left | Samekh | /s/, /h/ | |||
| align=left | Pe | /p/, /b/, /f/ | |||
| align=left | Sadhe | /t͡ʃ/, /d͡ʒ/, /z/ | |||
| align=left | Shin | /ʃ/ | |||
| align=left | Taw | /t/, /d/ |
Four different large section-ending punctuation marks were used:
| Mark | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Text | |||
| align=left | Section mark | |||
| align=left | Turned section mark | |||
| align=left | Four dots with cross | |||
| align=left | Four dots with dot | |||
Psalter Pahlavi had its own numerals:
Some numerals have joining behavior (with both numerals and letters).[1] Numbers are written right-to-left. Numbers without corresponding numerals are additive. For example, 96 is written as (20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 10 + 3 + 3).[1]
See main article: Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode block). Psalter Pahlavi script was added to the Unicode Standard in June, 2014 with the release of version 7.0.
The Unicode block is U+10B80 - U+10BAF: