A computational system to handle the orthographic layer of tajwid in contemporary Quranic Orthography

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11379v1
• Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 15:41:51 GMT
• Title: A computational system to handle the orthographic layer of tajwid in contemporary Quranic Orthography
• Authors: Alicia González Martínez,
• Abstract summary: We explore the systematicity of the rules of tajwid, as they are encountered in the Cairo Quran.<n>We develop a python module that can remove or add the orthographic layer of tajwid from a Quranic text in CQO.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Contemporary Quranic Orthography (CQO) relies on a precise system of phonetic notation that can be traced back to the early stages of Islam, when the Quran was mainly oral in nature and the first written renderings of it served as memory aids for this oral tradition. The early systems of diacritical marks created on top of the Quranic Consonantal Text (QCT) motivated the creation and further development of a fine-grained system of phonetic notation that represented tajwid-the rules of recitation. We explored the systematicity of the rules of tajwid, as they are encountered in the Cairo Quran, using a fully and accurately encoded digital edition of the Quranic text. For this purpose, we developed a python module that can remove or add the orthographic layer of tajwid from a Quranic text in CQO. The interesting characteristic of these two sets of rules is that they address the complete Quranic text of the Cairo Quran, so they can be used as precise witnesses to study its phonetic and prosodic processes. From a computational point of view, the text of the Cairo Quran can be used as a linchpin to align and compare Quranic manuscripts, due to its richness and completeness. This will let us create a very powerful framework to work with the Arabic script, not just within an isolated text, but automatically exploring a specific textual phenomenon in other connected manuscripts. Having all the texts mapped among each other can serve as a powerful tool to study the nature of the notation systems of diacritics added to the consonantal skeleton.

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