Arabic Transliteration Tool

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This is an Arabic transliteration tool that uses the character system of Brill's Encyclopedia of Islam. The transliteration is performed inside the box as you type (type Mu$hammad to see it in action).
Instructions
Use a dollar sign to indicate that a character should be replaced with its special alternative (type Mu$hammad, result is: Muḥammad). Use an apostrophe (') for hamza and the backtick (`) for ʿayn (the backtick is generally typed using the key above the tab key).
Example input:
Ab$u `Abd al-Ra$hm$an A$hmad b. Shu`ayb b. Sin$an b. Ba$hr b. D$in$ar al-Nas$a'$i
Result:
Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb b. Sinān b. Baḥr b. Dīnār al-Nasāʾī
Character replacement list:
$h : ḥ (ḥāʾ as in Muḥammad)
$H : Ḥ
$i : ī
$I : Ī
' : ʾ (hamza)
` : ʿ (ʿayn)
$a : ā
$A : Ā
$d : ḍ (ḍād as in ḍammah)
$D : Ḍ
$z : ẓ (zāʾ as in the ẓuhr prayer)
$Z : Ẓ
$s : ṣ (ṣād in ṣawm)
$S : Ṣ
$u : ū
$U : Ū
$t : ṭ (ṭāʾ in ṭāhir)
$T : Ṭ
$r : ř (for Kurdish)
$R : Ř (for Kurdish)
$l : ł (for Kurdish)
$L : Ł (for Kurdish)