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Nastaliq

Nastaliq comes from Classical Persian نَسْتَعْلِیق, from Arabic نَسْخ ‘verbal noun of نَسَخَ (nasaḵa) (form I)’, and ultimately from تَعْلِيق.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentتَعْلِيق‘verbal noun of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa) (form II)’literally ‘hanging, suspension’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentنَسْخ‘verbal noun of نَسَخَ (nasaḵa) (form I)’literally ‘transcription’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentنَسْتَعْلِیقnasta'līq
  4. EnglishtodayNastaliq

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentتَعْلِيق‘verbal noun of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa) (form II)’literally ‘hanging, suspension’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentنَسْخ‘verbal noun of نَسَخَ (nasaḵa) (form I)’literally ‘transcription’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentنَسْتَعْلِیقnasta'līq
  4. EnglishtodayNastaliq

The story

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَسْتَعْلِیق (nasta'līq), a compound of نسخ (nasx), from Arabic نَسْخ (nasḵ, literally “transcription”), and تَعْلِیق (ta'līq), from Arabic تَعْلِيق (taʕlīq, literally “hanging, suspension”), the names of two other styles.

Every English word from Arabic تَعْلِيق

Today it means

name A form of Arabic calligraphy mostly used for Persian and languages it has influenced, including Urdu and Ottoman Turkish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic تَعْلِيق / Nastaliq

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