# Arabische Zoeknormalisatie: Ontbrekende ondersteuning voor Hamza-varianten, Ya/Kaf-vormen en orthografische equivalentie

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-search-normalization-missing-support-for-hamza-variants-ya-kaf-forms-and-orthographic-equivalence/384253
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** search, pr-welcome, localization, rtl
**Created:** [29 september 2025 om 08:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-search-normalization-missing-support-for-hamza-variants-ya-kaf-forms-and-orthographic-equivalence/384253 "2025-09-29T08:27:57Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [29 september 2025 om 08:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-search-normalization-missing-support-for-hamza-variants-ya-kaf-forms-and-orthographic-equivalence/384253/2 "2025-09-29T08:30:15Z")

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> [@serkhelesheyi](#):
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> Similarly, searching for `ي` (U+064A) does not match `ی` (U+06CC), and `ك` (U+0643) fails to match `ک` (U+06A9), despite their functional equivalence in Arabic/Persian contexts.

Does the `search_ignore_accents` site setting have any effect on this problem?

> [@Locale-specific defaults for site settings (\`locale\_default\`)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-specific-defaults-for-site-settings-locale-default/382521/1):
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> ### search\_ignore\_accents
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> **Description** : Accent marks in search queries are disregarded if this setting is enabled, allowing users to find results even if they don’t input the correct accents.  
> **Default** : `False`

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