local export = {}
function export.makeEntryName(text, lang)
local U = mw.ustring.char
local taTwiil = U(0x640)
local waSla = U(0x671)
-- diacritics ordinarily removed by entry_name replacements
local Arabic_diacritics = U(0x64B, 0x64C, 0x64D, 0x64E, 0x64F, 0x650, 0x651, 0x652, 0x670)
if text == waSla or mw.ustring.find(text, "^" .. taTwiil .. "?[" .. Arabic_diacritics .. "]" .. "$") then
return text
end
-- replace alif waṣl with alif
-- remove tatweel and diacritics: fathatan, dammatan, kasratan, fatha,
-- damma, kasra, shadda, sukun, superscript (dagger) alef
local replacements = {
from = {U(0x0671), U(0x0640), "[" .. U(0x064B) .. "-" .. U(0x0652) .. "]", U(0x0670)},
to = {U(0x0627)}
}
for i, from in ipairs(replacements.from) do
local to = replacements.to[i] or ""
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, from, to)
end
return text
end
return export