The story
- Urdu · borrowed fromشکستہ نستعلیق
- Classical Persian · borrowed fromشِکَسْتَهنَسْتَعْلِیق
- English todayShikasta Nasta'liq
Ultimately from Classical Persian شِکَسْتَهنَسْتَعْلِیق (šikasta-nasta'līq, literally “broken Nastaliq”), possibly via Urdu شکستہ نستعلیق (śikasta-nastālīq).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.