English Explanatory Dictionary

Shikasta Nasta'liq

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A form of Perso-Arabic script calligraphy used for Persian and Urdu.

Word forms

Shikasta Nasta'liq Shikasta Nastaliq Shikasta-Nasta'liq Shikasta Nastaʿlīq

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian شِکَسْتَهنَسْتَعْلِیق (šikasta-nasta'līq, literally “broken Nastaliq”), possibly via Urdu شکستہ نستعلیق (śikasta-nastālīq).

Related words

Naskh Nastaliq Nasta'liq
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary