Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2023 February 23

= February 23 =

What is the Arabic and Bengali text (typed) of this mosque?
In this image File:Brick Lane Mosque.JPG I see an Arabic name and a Bengali name for this mosque, but I don't know how to type those names. How do I type them?

Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 03:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The most common way would be to install a good font for both Arabic and Bengali and then change the language/input method in your operating system to type them. In Windows, this page at Microsoft may help with input methods. Just wondering though, is that Arabic or Urdu (or another South Asian language)? Peter Greenwell (talk) 04:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Brick Lane Mosque includes the Arabic and Bengali names. 213.137.72.67 (talk) 08:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * The Bengali name in our article is not identical to what is written on the sign. They have only the words জামে মসজিদ (Jamme Masjid) in common. The first word on the sign appears to be a transliteration of "Bricklane", but it is not identical to the transliteration that the mosque uses on its own website, viz. ব্রিকলেন. This is also what is used in our article, except that it is written there as two words: ব্রিক লেন. --Lambiam 09:55, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * File:Brick_Lane_street_signs.JPG uses the latter transliteration. 213.137.72.67 (talk) 12:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * If you're entering the text into a Wikipedia page, you can select character by character using the "special character" menu (looks like Ω, which I just inserted in this way). On my phone, I have several different keyboards installed (I have Arabic and Hindi, though not Bengali) and can type there.
 * Another way (which works for Arabic, but not in this case for Bengali) is to pick "Languages" from the article, and find the corresponding article in the other language, and copy-paste the name. ColinFine (talk) 14:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I got the Bengali (I didn't know how to type the characters which would generate such), and I should have realized the ARwiki one would have the Arabic. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:35, 24 February 2023 (UTC)