Etymology

Naskh

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Today it means: The cursive style of calligraphy most commonly used to write Arabic. Full definition →

Arabic نَسْخ
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromنَسْخ
  2. English todayNaskh

From Arabic نَسْخ (nasḵ, literally “copy, transcription”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicنَسْخ all →

Nastaliq

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.