Usage

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Template {{lang-ar}} indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in Arabic. The term or phrase is the only mandatory parameter. The text is formatted according to recommendations in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms (italics for Latin-script languages, regular for others).

The parameter |links=no prevents the language name from being linked.

The parameter |lit= enables a literal translation to be given.

Syntax

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{{lang-ar
|Arabic text – using Arabic. (mandatory)
|links=value – valid values: yes to have the language name linked (default) and no to prevent the language name from being linked. (optional)
|lit=string – valid strings are English phrases of Arabic. (optional)
|translit=string – valid strings are transliterations (with the Latin script) of Arabic text. (optional)
}}
Code Result
{{lang-ar|عمّون}} La̱ra̱ba: عمّون
{{lang-ar|عمّون|ʻAmmūn}} La̱ra̱ba: عمّون, romanized: ʻAmmūn
{{lang-ar|الصديق|Aṣ-Ṣiddīq|lit=The Truthful}} La̱ra̱ba: الصديق, romanized: Aṣ-Ṣiddīq, lit.'The Truthful'
{{lang-ar|عربى|ʿarabī|lit=Arabic|links=no}} La̱ra̱ba: عربى, romanized: ʿarabī, lit.'Arabic'
{{lang-ar|ARABIC|TRANSLITERATION|lit=LITERAL|links=no}} La̱ra̱ba: ARABIC, lit.'LITERAL'

See also

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TemplateData for Lang-ar

Insert Arabic text. Indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in Arabic.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Text1

The foreign text to display.

Stringrequired
Display linklinks

Set to no to disable the link to the article's language.

Booleanoptional
Literal translationlit

no description

Unknownoptional
Transliterationtranslit

A Latin alphabet respelling of Arabic text

Stringoptional