Nastaliq

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the word نستعلیق (nasta'liq) written in Nastaʿlīq style

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَسْتَعْلِیق (nasta'līq), a compound of نسخ (nasx), from Arabic نَسْخ (nasḵ, literally “transcription”), and تَعْلِیق (ta'līq), from Arabic تَعْلِيق (taʕlīq, literally “hanging, suspension”), the names of two other styles.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌnæstəˈliːk/, /ˈnæstəliːk/, enPR: năs'tə-lēkʹ, năsʹtə-lēk
  • Rhymes: -iːk
  • Hyphenation: Nas‧ta‧liq

Proper noun

Nastaliq

  1. A form of Arabic calligraphy mostly used for Persian and languages it has influenced, including Urdu and Ottoman Turkish.

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