▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁language . ▁ ▁The ▁Bel arus ian ▁Arab ic ▁alphabet ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Lip ka ▁Tat ars , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁invited ▁to ▁sett le ▁in ▁Bel arus ian ▁territory , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Grand ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Lith u ania . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 4 th – 1 6 th ▁centuries ▁they ▁gradually ▁stopped ▁using ▁their ▁own ▁language ▁and ▁started ▁using ▁the ▁Old ▁Bel arus ian ▁language ▁rendered ▁in ▁the ▁Bel arus ian ▁Arab ic ▁alphabet . ▁Books ▁of ▁that ▁literary ▁tradition ▁are ▁known ▁in ▁Bel arus ian ▁as ▁Kit ab ▁( ), ▁which ▁is ▁ ▁Arab ic ▁for ▁book . ▁ ▁Some ▁Polish ▁texts ▁were ▁also ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁script ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁or ▁later . ▁ ▁Add itional ▁graph emes ▁▁ ▁For ▁the ▁sounds ▁ ▁( ж ), ▁ ▁( ч ) ▁and ▁ ▁( п ), ▁which ▁are ▁absent ▁from ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁language , ▁the ▁following ▁Pers ian ▁graph emes ▁were ▁used : ▁▁ ▁For ▁den oting ▁the ▁soft ▁ ▁( д з ) ▁and ▁ ▁( ц ) ▁sounds , ▁the ▁following ▁newly ▁constructed ▁graph emes ▁were ▁used : ▁▁ ▁( ▁) ▁ ▁These ▁graph emes ▁were ▁used ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 6 th – 2 0 th ▁centuries ▁to ▁write ▁Bel arus ian ▁and ▁Polish . ▁▁ ▁The ▁sounds ▁ ▁( ў ) ▁and ▁ ▁( в ) ▁were ▁both ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁symbol : ▁ ▁Equ ival ence