Etymology

Nastaliq

Nas·ta·liq
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Today it means: A form of Arabic calligraphy mostly used for Persian and languages it has influenced, including Urdu and Ottoman Turkish. Full definition →

Classical Persian نَسْتَعْلِیق ← Arabic نَسْخ
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromتَعْلِيق
  2. Arabic · derived fromنَسْخ
  3. Classical Persian · borrowed fromنَسْتَعْلِیق
  4. English todayNastaliq

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.

Words from the same roots

Arabicنَسْخ all →

Naskh

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