English Explanatory Dictionary

kashida

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces.
  2. A character representing this elongation.

Word forms

kashida kashidas

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَشِیدَه (kašīda).

Synonyms

tatweel tatwil

Related words

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