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|  30th December 2020, 07:57 PM | #2 | 
| Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia 
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			That is not exactly what "abjab", when the word is used alone, means AFAIK. Abjab is a type of writing system in which (in contrast to true alphabets) each symbol or glyph stands for a consonant, in effect leaving it to readers to infer or otherwise supply an appropriate vowel. However there is a system known as "Abjab Numerals" that assigns numbers to each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet. I realize this is undoubtably what you meant, but i wanted to point out the subtle differences so that nobody was confused. Abjab Numerals is very similar in many ways to Hebrew Gematria. A similar thing was also done with the Greek alphabet. I know more about Gematria then these other systems. In Gematria it is possible to find inner knowledge through words that add up to the same numerical value. I suspect a similar concept applies to Abjab Numerals. While i can see why you felt this might be best as a separate thread from the sword you link to it might be best to upload some blade examples to this thread so that this is not seen as a Miscellaneous Subject thread and moved to a different page.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjad_numerals | 
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