08-12-2018, 10:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-12-2018, 01:22 AM by -JKP-.
Edit Reason: fixed typo (removed repeated word)
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Arabic script is very calligraphic.
A great many beautiful tiles, fabrics, ceramics, and other items are decorated with Arabic script in the same way that other cultures use curlicues. When it's written with a calligraphic flare, it's possible to find almost any shape in decorative Arabic script (especially if the script includes abbreviations) and sometimes two letters next to each other will look like a familiar shape.
I don't know Arabic, I only know part of the alphabet and a few simple words but I suppose it's possible the "left wing" of the "seagull" is dal but then I'm not sure what the "right wing" would be. Arabic letters don't usually lean in the backwards direction except those that go below the baseline.
Or... perhaps the symbol you are referencing is a variation on this symbol which is on a different 'labe:
A great many beautiful tiles, fabrics, ceramics, and other items are decorated with Arabic script in the same way that other cultures use curlicues. When it's written with a calligraphic flare, it's possible to find almost any shape in decorative Arabic script (especially if the script includes abbreviations) and sometimes two letters next to each other will look like a familiar shape.
I don't know Arabic, I only know part of the alphabet and a few simple words but I suppose it's possible the "left wing" of the "seagull" is dal but then I'm not sure what the "right wing" would be. Arabic letters don't usually lean in the backwards direction except those that go below the baseline.
Or... perhaps the symbol you are referencing is a variation on this symbol which is on a different 'labe: