Etymology

kashida

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Today it means: A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces. Full definition →

Classical Persian کَشِیدَه
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  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromکَشِیدَه
  2. English todaykashida

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَشِیدَه (kašīda).

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