The following Arabic characters are often referred to by their Urdu names when discussing Nastaliq-style script.
| Unicode character | Urdu name |
|---|
| Base characters | |
| U+0648 و ARABIC LETTER WAW | vao |
| U+06CC ی ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH | chotiyah (“small yeh”), chotiyeh |
| U+06D2 ے ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE | bariyah, (“big yeh”), bariyeh |
| U+0635 ص ARABIC LETTER SAD | suad |
| U+0636 ض ARABIC LETTER DAD | zuad |
| U+0637 ط ARABIC LETTER TAH | toa, toeh |
| U+0638 ظ ARABIC LETTER ZAH | zoa, zoeh |
| U+062B ث ARABIC LETTER THEH | say, seh |
| U+0679 ٹ ARABIC LETTER TTEH | tey, Tay, Teh |
| U+062D ح ARABIC LETTER HAH | hay, heh |
| U+062E خ ARABIC LETTER KHAH | khay |
| U+0630 ذ ARABIC LETTER THAL | zal |
| U+0632 ز ARABIC LETTER ZAIN | zay, zeh |
| U+0691 ڑ ARABIC LETTER RREH | aray |
| U+0698 ژ ARABIC LETTER JEH | yay, yeh |
| Diacritics | |
| U+064E ◌َ ARABIC FATHA | zabar |
| U+0650 ◌ِ ARABIC KASRA | zair, zer |
| U+064F ◌ُ ARABIC DAMMA | pesh |
| U+064B ◌ً ARABIC FATHATAN | dozabar |
| U+064D ◌ٍ ARABIC KASRATAN | dozair |
| U+064C ◌ٌ ARABIC DAMMATAN | dopesh |
| U+0670 ◌ٰ ARABIC LETTER SUPERSCRIPT ALEF | kharizabar |
| U+0656 ◌ٖ ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF | kharizair |
| U+0652 ◌ْ ARABIC SUKUN | jazm, jasm |
| U+0653 ◌ٓ ARABIC MADDAH ABOVE | madd |
| U+0651 ◌ّ ARABIC SHADDA | shad, tashdeed |
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