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One character meaning 'year'.
Also known as: Year sign
The Arabic sign standing for the word 'year' before a date.
Stands for the word 'year' before a date in Arabic.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
The Arabic member of the same word-sign family as the Tamil year sign and the Malayalam date mark, which suggests such signs arise wherever dates are written often enough in a fixed form.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A compact glyph derived from the written word, set before the numerals of the year.