kashida

K5A1S1H4I1D2A1

noun

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

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OriginClassical Persian کَشِیدَه →
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Meanings

nounkashida (countable and uncountable, plural kashidas)

plural kashidas

  1. uncountableA type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces.

    Kashida is a typographic effect used with Arabic writing systems to elongate characters...

    2008, Thomas Powell, CSS and XHTML: The Complete Reference
  2. countableA character representing this elongation.

    Note that "stretching" in this case can mean addition of white space, addition of connecting glyphs, such as kashidas...

    1994, Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX typography, Apple Computer, Inc
    1 more example

    However, there is no option for determining whether or not the Arabic Kashidas will be ignored; they will always be ignored in Arabic character sets.

    2002, John Ayres, The tomes of Delphi: Win32 Shell API, Windows 2000 edition

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Classical Persianکَشِیدَه
  2. Englishkashida

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَشِیدَه (kašīda).

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Translations

Arabic كَشِيدَة, كَشِيدَة
  • كَشِيدَة (kašīda)a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
  • كَشِيدَة (kašīda)elongation character
  • تَطْوِيل (taṭwīl)elongation character
Hindi कशीदा, कशीदा
  • कशीदा (kaśīdā)a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
  • कशीदा (kaśīdā)elongation character
  • तत्वील (tatvīl)elongation character
Indonesian tatwil, kasyidah
  • tatwilelongation character
  • kasyidahelongation character
Malay tatwil
  • tatwilelongation character
Russian татви́ль, каши́да
  • татви́ль (tatvílʹ)a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
  • каши́да (kašída)a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
  • татви́ль (tatvílʹ)elongation character
  • каши́да (kašída)elongation character
Urdu کَشِیدَہ, کَشِیدَہ
  • کَشِیدَہ (kaśīda)a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
  • کَشِیدَہ (kaśīda)elongation character
  • تَطْوِیل (tatvīl)elongation character
Cite this entry
APA

kashida. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kashida

MLA

“kashida.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kashida. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kashida,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kashida.

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