Shikasta Nasta'liq

proper noun

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

OriginClassical Persian شِکَسْتَهنَسْتَعْلِیق ← Urdu شکستہ نستعلیق →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Shikasta Nastaliq · alternative Shikasta-Nasta'liq · alternative Shikasta Nastaʿlīq

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

Origin

  1. Urduشکستہ نستعلیق
  2. Classical Persianشِکَسْتَهنَسْتَعْلِیق
  3. EnglishShikasta Nasta'liq

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

More words from Classical Persian, Urdu

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Persian شکستهنستعلیق
  • شکستهنستعلیق (šekaste-nasta'liq)calligraphic style
Turkish kırık nestalik
  • kırık nestalikcalligraphic style

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Shikasta Nasta'liq

weekuniquecreekspeakpeakgreekseektechniqueweakgeekboutiquecritiqueobliquechicstreaksleekcheekpeekteaktweakmalikbleakphysiqueSikh
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

Shikasta Nasta'liq. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shikasta%20Nasta'liq

MLA

“Shikasta Nasta'liq.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shikasta%20Nasta'liq. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shikasta Nasta'liq,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shikasta%20Nasta'liq.

Source: Shikasta Nasta'liq on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.