Quran Transliterate.py

# coding: utf-8

# This Python file uses the following encoding: utf-8
# Test commit

# quran-text-analysis
# Quran text analysis project using Python and SQLite

# The purpose of this project is to transliterate the Quran into English and then analyze the counts of different letters by sura.

import os, sys, re

arabic2english = {
      u"\u0621": "'", # hamza-on-the-line
      u"\u0622": "|", # madda
      u"\u0623": ">", # hamza-on-'alif
      u"\u0624": "&", # hamza-on-waaw, treat as waaw for now
      u"\u0625": "<", # hamza-under-'alif
      u"\u0626": "}", # hamza-on-yaa'
      u"\u0627": "A", # bare 'alif
      u"\u0628": "b", # baa'
      u"\u0629": "h", # taa' marbuuTa, treat as haa'
      u"\u062A": "t", # taa'
      u"\u062B": "v", # thaa'
      u"\u062C": "j", # jiim
      u"\u062D": "H", # Haa'
      u"\u062E": "x", # khaa'
      u"\u062F": "d", # daal
      u"\u0630": "*", # dhaal
      u"\u0631": "r", # raa'
      u"\u0632": "z", # zaay
      u"\u0633": "s", # siin
      u"\u0634": "$", # shiin
      u"\u0635": "S", # Saad
      u"\u0636": "D", # Daad
      u"\u0637": "T", # Taa'
      u"\u0638": "Z", # Zaa' (DHaa')
      u"\u0639": "E", # cayn
      u"\u063A": "g", # ghayn
      u"\u0640": "_", # taTwiil
      u"\u0641": "f", # faa'
      u"\u0642": "q", # qaaf
      u"\u0643": "k", # kaaf
      u"\u0644": "l", # laam
      u"\u0645": "m", # miim
      u"\u0646": "n", # nuun
      u"\u0647": "h", # haa'
      u"\u0648": "w", # waaw
      u"\u0649": "y", # 'alif maqSuura, replace with yaa'
      u"\u064A": "y", # yaa'
      u"\u064B": "F", # fatHatayn
      u"\u064C": "N", # Dammatayn
      u"\u064D": "K", # kasratayn
      u"\u064E": "a", # fatHa
      u"\u064F": "u", # Damma
      u"\u0650": "i", # kasra
      u"\u0651": "~", # shaddah
      u"\u0652": "o", # sukuun
      u"\u0670": "`", # dagger 'alif
      u"\u0671": "{", # waSla
}

# For a reverse transliteration (Unicode -> Buckwalter), a dictionary
# which is the reverse of the above buck2uni is essential.

# uni2buck = {}

# # Iterate through all the items in the buck2uni dict.
# for (key, value) in buck2uni.iteritems():
#       # The value from buck2uni becomes a key in uni2buck, and vice
#       # versa for the keys.
#       uni2buck[value] = key

def transString(string, reverse=0):
    '''Given a Unicode string, transliterate into Buckwalter. To go from
    Buckwalter back to Unicode, set reverse=1'''
    silents = ["|", "&", "F", "N", "K", "a", "u", "i", "~", "o", "{"] #map these diacritical marks to empty string

    string = string.replace("|", ".") 
    for k,v in arabic2english.items():
        string = string.replace(k,v)
    for letter in silents:
        string = string.replace(letter, "")

    return string

quran_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/quran-text-analysis-master/")
quran_file = "quran-simple.txt"

# with open( (quran_dir+quran_file), encoding="utf-8") as f:
#     q = f.read()

# s = transString(q, 0)

# with open(quran_dir+"quran-transliterated.txt", "w") as f:
#     f.write(s)

with open(quran_dir+"quran-transliterated.txt", "r") as f:
    lines = [l.rstrip('\n') for l in f.readlines()]

print(lines[0:10])

def verse2dict(verse):
    rd = {}
    rd["sura"] = re.match("\d{1,3}\.", verse).group(0)[0:-1]
    rd["verse"] = re.search("\.\d{1,3}\.", verse).group(0)[1:-1]
    rd["text"] = verse[re.search("\.\d{1,3}\.", verse).end(0):]
    return rd



test = line2dict(lines[0])
print(test)


# print "TESTING CODE"
# import re
# p = re.compile("[a-z]")
# for m in p.finditer('a1b2c3d4'):
#     print m.start(), m.group()