Lām-Alif

Lām-Alif in its isolated form

connected shape
from the right:	ـلا

Lām-Alif is a ligature in the Arabic script . It is formed from the letters Lām and Alif .

In contrast to the other ligatures found in Arabic texts, the Lām-Alif is a mandatory ligature and must be used whenever Lām and Alif meet. This also applies if the Alif has a Hamza , Madda or Wasla :لأ لإ لآ لٱ.

Lām-Alif in EDP and Unicode

On the Arabic keyboard, the ligature has لاits own button. Becomeل and اentered separately, the Lām-Alif is automatically generated in word processing programs according to the representation algorithms for Arabic in Unicode . The same applies to the computer sector in general, which is why there is no separate Unicode number code for the Lām-Alif in the Arabic Unicode block . In the Arabic Presentation Forms-B are eight Unicode numbers (U + + U FEF5 to FEFC) for the lam-alif (isolated / final shape, with reserved madda , bottom / übergesetztem Hamza ).