Kufic

English

Alternative forms

• Kufi
• Cufic

Etymology

From Arabic كُوفِيّ (kūfiyy).

Adjective

Kufic (not comparable)

1. Original form of Arabic script.
2. Relating to the Iraqi city of Kufah.

Translations

Relating to original Arabic script

• Arabic: كُوفِيّ (kūfiyy)
• Azerbaijani: Kufi
• Catalan: cúfic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫法體／库法体 (Kùfǎ tǐ), 库法体 (Kùfǎtǐ), 棱角體／棱角体, 棱角体 (léngjiǎotǐ)

• Czech: kúfské, kufické
• Dutch: Koefisch, Kufisch
• Finnish: kuufalainen
• French: coufique (fr), kufi (fr)
• Hebrew: כופי
• Italian: cufico
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• Japanese: クーフィ
• Old South Arabian: 𐩫𐩥𐩰𐩺 (kwfy)
• Persian: کوفی (fa) (kufi)
• Polish: kufickie
• Portuguese: cúfico m
• Russian: Куфическое m (Kufičeskoje)
• Spanish: cúfico
• Turkish: Kûfi, Küfi, Kufi
• Urdu: کوفی (kofī)
• Uyghur: كۇفى (kufi)

Proper noun

Kufic

The takbir on the Iraqi flag is written in Kufic

1. Original form of Arabic script, consisting of a modified form of Old South Arabian and old Nabataean scripts.

Translations

Original Arabic script

• Arabic: كُوفِيّ (kūfiyy)
• Azerbaijani: Kufi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫法體／库法体 (Kùfǎ tǐ), 库法体 (Kùfǎtǐ), 棱角體／棱角体, 棱角体 (léngjiǎotǐ)

• Czech: kúfské, kufické
• Dutch: Koefisch, Kufisch
• Finnish: kuufalainen kirjoitus
• French: coufique (fr), kufi (fr)
• Hebrew: כופי
• Italian: cufico
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• Japanese: クーフィー体
• Old South Arabian: 𐩫𐩥𐩰𐩺 (kwfy)
• Persian: کوفی (fa) (kufi)
• Polish: kufickie
• Portuguese: cúfico m
• Russian: Куфическое m (Kufičeskoje)
• Spanish: cúfico
• Turkish: Kûfi, Küfi, Kufi
• Urdu: کوفی (kofī)
• Uyghur: كۇفى (kufi)

Related terms

• Kufah
• Kufiyah
• pseudo-Kufic

See also

• Musnad