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گ

Also known as ARABIC LETTER GAF, gaf, gāf

120px|thumb|One form of gaf

Key facts

Grapheme.name: Gāf
Grapheme.letter: گ
Grapheme.script: Arabic script
Grapheme.type: Abjad
Grapheme.language: Persian language
Grapheme.alphanumber: 26
Grapheme.fam2: 𐡊
Grapheme.fam3: 𐢎‎, 𐢏‎
Grapheme.direction: Right-to-left
Grapheme.fam1: 𐤊‎
Grapheme.fam4: ك, كـ

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Unicode character: گ
Unicode code point: 06AF
HTML entity: گ
Commons category: گ
Unicode character name: ARABIC LETTER GAF

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Contents

Use in Arabic
Variant forms
Kaf with line
Kaf with ring
Kaf with single dot above
Kaf with three dots below
Gaf with inverted stroke
Kaf with a dot below
Kaf with three dots
Character encoding
See also
References
External links

120px|thumb|One form of gaf

Gaf (; ), is the name of different Perso-Arabic letters, all representing . They are all derived from the letter kāf, with additional diacritics, such as dots and lines. In name and shape, it is a variant of kaf. It is also one of the five letters the Persian alphabet added to the Arabic alphabet (the others being , , and in addition to the obsolete ). Its numerical value is 5000 (see Abjad numerals). There are four forms, each used in different alphabets: in the Persian alphabet, Tausug written in Arabic Script in the Jawi script in the Pegon script in Pashto