Re: [alreq] Transliterations

fwiw, there's an early version of an Arabic picker at 
http://r12a.github.io/pickers/arabic/.    I mention it because it may 
help to take out some of the guesswork and bring some consistency when
 creating transcriptions of Arabic words in our text.

if you paste in a word such as رُقعَة and click on `toLoc` it will 
produce an LOC transcription. The algorithm takes into account various
 rules about combinations, but there sometimes remain ambiguities. For
 example, رُقعَة produces two alternatives for teh marbuta on a yellow
 background – simply click on the one you want (h) to finalise the 
transcription.  There are a couple of things that still need 
attention, and i'm still working on it, but it largely works.

Hints: don't add vowels to the definite article (ال), but put them 
just about everwhere else; no need usually for sukun; still need to 
work on some īya sequences; read the notes for more info about how to 
use the picker.

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