Gol he

Gol he, also called choṭī he, is one of the two variants of the Arabic letter he/hāʾ (ه) that are in use in the Urdu alphabet, the other variant being the do-cas͟hmī he (ھ), also called hā-'e-mak͟hlūt.[1] The letter is named for its shape in the isolated form, gol meaning "round" in Hindustani, to distinguish it from the do-cas͟hmī he, which is really a calligraphic variant of the "two-eyed" regular he in the medial position (ﻬ‎). Its various non-isolated forms originated in the Nastaʿlīq script or calligraphic hand,[2][3] though various zigzag (medial) and hook (final) forms of hāʾ have existed before the script was developed.[4]

Gol he written thrice (showing the non-isolated forms)
Gol he and do-cas͟hmī he in comparison (word-final and word-medial positions)

Use in Urdu

The letter ہ‎ (encoded at U+06C1) replaces the regular he ه‎ (encoded at U+0647) in Urdu (as well as the Punjabi Shahmukhi alphabet) for the voiced glottal fricative [ɦ] but is usually pronounced [ɑː] in the word-final position (exception include certain two-letter words such as وہ /ʋoː/ or کہ /keː/) while the do-cas͟hmī he ھ‎ is used in digraphs for aspiration and breathy voice and hence never used word-initially.

Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Naskh glyph form:
(Help)		 ہ‎ ـہ‎ ـہـ‎ ہـ‎
Nastaʿlīq glyph form: ہ ــــہ ــــہــــ ہــــ

For comparison, the do-cas͟hmī he (not used word-initially) and the regular Arabic letter:

Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Naskh glyph form:
(Help)		 ھ‎ ـھ‎ ـھـ‎ ھـ‎
Nastaʿlīq glyph form: ھ ــــھ ــــھــــ ھــــ
Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial
Naskh glyph form:
(Help)		 ه‎ ـه‎ ـهـ‎ هـ‎
Nastaʿlīq glyph form: ه ــــه ــــهــــ هــــ

See also

References
  1. "Roman to urdu meaning of hay | Urdu English Dictionary | Urduinc". www.urduinc.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. "gol he". Glosbe. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. "Two-Eyed He in Urdu". www.win.tue.nl. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. Grob, Eva Mira (2010). Documentary Arabic Private and Business Letters on Papyrus: Form and Function, Content and Context. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-024704-6. Retrieved 27 February 2020.


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