Shikasta Nasta'liq

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English[edit]

verses from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, written in Shikasta Nasta'liq style

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Particularly: “the Shikasta part”

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Shikasta Nasta'liq

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

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