.COM Has Been Translated Into Several Languages
Verisign has applied for the following transliterations of .COM:
คอม / xn--42c2d9a, Transliteration of dot com (Thai)
コム / xn--tckwe, Transliteration of dot com (Japanese)
קוֹם / xn--hdb9cza1b, Transliteration of dot com (Hebrew)
كوم / xn--fhbei, Transliteration of dot com (Arabic)
点看 / xn--3pxu8k,Transliteration of dot com (Simplified Chinese)
點看/ xn--c1yn36f, Transliteration of dot com (Traditional Chinese)
ком / xn--j1aef, Transliteration of dot com (Cyrillic/Russian)
कॉम / xn--11b4c3d, Transliteration of dot com, (Hindi)
닷컴/ xn--mk1bu44c, Transliteration of dot com (Hangul/Korean)
Verisign has also applied for the following transliterations of .NET:
नेट /xn--c2br7g,Transliteration of dot net (Hindi)
大拿 / xn--pssy2u,Transliteration of dot net (Simplified Chinese)
닷넷 / xn--t60b56a,Transliteration of dot net (Hangul/Korean)
Verisign also released a press release on Marketwatch here.
An IDNForums celebration is in full swing here. The patience of many long term generic IDN investors has been rewarded via these transliteration applications, which will unlock tremendous value for IDNs, as IDN.com will also be accessible as IDN.com-in-IDN.
[...] Verisign applied for 12 IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) transliterations of .COM, but it was Verisign’s Hebrew application that stood out. Verisign applied for: קוֹם. (punycode: xn--hdb9cza1b). Some natives hoped for a Verisign application for: קום. (punycode: xn--9dbq2a). While both קוֹם and קום are correct Hebrew transliterations of “.COM”, Verisign’s application includes a dot (a Hebrew vowel) over the middle letter (a “vav”). On the Internet, it is common for Hebrew words to be written without Hebrew vowels (known as nikudot). Verisign applied for only one of two variants. Verisign’s string includes a vowel. However, it is unclear whether Verisign will obtain the rights to קום (the commonly used voweless string) as well, and where the traffic will go if someone types in (Site).קום instead of (Site).קוֹם. IDN IDNBlog [...]
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