نستعلیق

See also: نستعليق

Persian

Etymology

Contraction of earlier نَسْخِ تَعْلِیق (nasx-i ta'līq). By surface analysis, blend of نسخ (nasx) +‎ تعلیق (ta'līq / ta'liġ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nas.taʔ.ˈliːq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰäʔ.líːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰäʔ.líːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰɑː.líːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰɔː.líq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næs.t̪ʰæʔ.líːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰäʔ.líq]

Readings
Classical reading?	nasta'līq
Dari reading?	nasta'līq
Iranian reading?	nasta'liġ
Tajik reading?	nasta'liq

Proper noun

نستعلیق • (nasta'līq / nasta'liġ) (Tajik spelling настаълиқ)

1. (calligraphy) Nastaliq (style of calligraphy)

Derived terms

• شکسته‌نستعلیق (šikasta-nasta'līq / šekaste-nasta'liġ)

Descendants

• → Arabic: نَسْتَعْلِيق (nastaʕlīq)
• → Azerbaijani: nəstəliq
• → English: Nastaliq, Nastaleeq, Nasta'liq
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नस्तालीक़ (nastālīq)

  Urdu: نَسْتَعْلِیق (nasta'līq)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਸਤਾਲੀਕ਼ (nastālīq)

  Shahmukhi script: نَسْتَعْلِیق (nastaʻlīq)

• → Turkish: nestâlik

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐs.t̪ə.liːkᵊ]

Proper noun

نَسْتَعْلِیق • (nastaʻlīq) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਸਤਾਲੀਕ਼)

1. (calligraphy) Nastaliq, Nastaleeq (style of calligraphy)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نستعلیق (nasta'līq), of Arabic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəs.t̪ɑː.liːq/

Proper noun

نَسْتَعْلِیق • (nasta'līq) m (Hindi spelling नस्तालीक़)

1. (calligraphy) Nastaliq, Nastaleeq (style of calligraphy)