# Gol he

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Arabic letter

Gol he written thrice (showing the non-isolated forms)

Gol he and *do-cas͟hmī he* in comparison (word-final and word-medial positions)

**Gol he**, also called ***choṭī he***, is one of the two variants of the [Arabic](/source/Arabic_alphabet) letter he/[hāʾ](/source/H%C4%81%CA%BE) (ه) that are in use in the [Urdu alphabet](/source/Urdu_alphabet), the other variant being the *do-cas͟hmī he* ([ھ](/source/%DA%BE)), also called *hā-'e-mak͟hlūt*.[1] The letter is named for its shape in the isolated form, *gol* meaning "round" in [Hindustani](/source/Hindustani_language), to distinguish it from the *do-cas͟hmī he*, which is really a calligraphic variant of the "two-eyed" regular he in the medial position (ﻬ‎). Its various non-isolated forms originated in the [Nastaʿlīq](/source/Nasta%CA%BFl%C4%ABq) script or [calligraphic hand](/source/Calligraphic_hand),[2][3] though various zigzag (medial) and hook (final) forms of hāʾ have existed before the script was developed.[4]

## Use in Urdu

The letter ہ‎ (encoded at U+06C1) replaces the regular *he* ه‎ (encoded at U+0647) in [Urdu](/source/Urdu) (as well as the [Punjabi](/source/Punjabi_language) [Shahmukhi alphabet](/source/Shahmukhi_alphabet)) for the [voiced glottal fricative](/source/Voiced_glottal_fricative) [[ɦ](/source/Voiced_glottal_fricative)] but is usually pronounced [[ɑː](/source/Open_back_unrounded_vowel)] in the word-final position (exception include certain two-letter words such as وہ /ʋoː/ or کہ /keː/) while the *do-cas͟hmī he* ھ‎ is used in digraphs for [aspiration](/source/Aspirated_consonant) and [breathy voice](/source/Breathy_voice) and hence never used word-initially.

Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial Naskh glyph form: (Help) ہ‎ ـہ‎ ـہـ‎ ہـ‎ Nastaliq glyph form: ہ ــــہ ــــہــــ ہــــ

For comparison, the *do-cas͟hmī he* (not used word-initially) and the regular Arabic letter:

Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial Naskh glyph form: (Help) ھ‎ ـھ‎ ـھـ‎ ھـ‎ Nastaliq glyph form: ھ ــــھ ــــھــــ ھــــ

Position in word: Isolated Final Medial Initial Naskh glyph form: (Help) ه‎ ـه‎ ـهـ‎ هـ‎ Nastaliq glyph form: ه ــــه ــــهــــ هــــ

## See also

- [Nastaʿlīq script](/source/Nasta%CA%BFl%C4%ABq_script)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Roman to urdu meaning of hay | Urdu English Dictionary | Urduinc"](https://www.urduinc.com/roman-dictionary/hay-meaning-in-urdu). *www.urduinc.com*. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["gol he"](https://glosbe.com/en/ur/gol%20he). *Glosbe*. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Two-Eyed He in Urdu"](https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/urdu/Urdu_alphabet.html). *www.win.tue.nl*. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Grob, Eva Mira (2010). [*Documentary Arabic Private and Business Letters on Papyrus: Form and Function, Content and Context*](https://books.google.com/books?id=yTSOUNIHJiwC&q=zigzig+H%C4%81%CA%BE&pg=PA163). Walter de Gruyter. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-11-024704-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-024704-6). Retrieved 27 February 2020.

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