Nastaliq

English

the word نستعلیق (nasta'liq) written in Nastaʿlīq style

Alternative forms

• Nastalik, Nastaleeq, Nastalique
• Nastaʿlīq, Nasta'liq (more scientific)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnæstəˈliːk/, /ˈnæstəliːk/, enPR: năs'tə-lēkʹ, năsʹtə-lēk
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Hyphenation: Nas‧ta‧liq

Proper noun

Nastaliq

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

Coordinate terms

• Diwani
• Hijazi
• Jawi
• Kufic
• Maghribi
• Mashq
• Muhaqqaq
• Ruq'ah
• Thuluth

 

Related terms

• Naskh
• Shikasta Nasta'liq

Translations

form of calligraphy

• Arabic: نَسْتَعْلِيق m (nastaʕlīq)
• Azerbaijani: nəstəliq
• Bengali: নাস্তালিক (nastalik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯體／波斯体

• German: Nastaliq n
• Hindi: नस्तालीक़ m, नसतालीक़ m (nastālīq), नस्तालीक m, नसतालीक (hi) m (nastālīk)
• Japanese: ナスタアリーク体 (ナスタアリークたい, nasutaarīku tai)
• Korean: 나스탈리크체 (naseutallikeuche)
• Persian:

  Dari: نَسْتَعْلِیق (fa) (nasta'līq)

  Iranian Persian: نَسْتَعْلیق (fa) (nasta'liğ)

• Polish: nastaligh m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਨਸਤਾਲੀਕ m (nastālīk)

  Shahmukhi: نَسْتَعْلِیق m (nastaʻlīq)

• Russian: настали́к m (nastalík)
• Tajik: настаълиқ (nastaʾliq)
• Turkish: nestâlik
• Urdu: نَسْتَعْلِیق f (nasta'līq)
• Uyghur: نەستەلىك (nestelik)
• Uzbek: nastaʻliq
• Western Panjabi: نَسْتَعْلِیق (pnb) (nastaʻlīq)