kashida
kashida noun: a type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces.
Noun
kashida (countable and uncountable, plural kashidas)
- A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces.
- Kashida is a typographic effect used with Arabic writing systems to elongate characters...2008, Thomas Powell, CSS and XHTML: The Complete Reference
- A character representing this elongation.
- Note that "stretching" in this case can mean addition of white space, addition of connecting glyphs, such as kashidas...1994, Inside Macintosh: QuickDraw GX typography, Apple Computer, Inc
- However, there is no option for determining whether or not the Arabic Kashidas will be ignored; they will always be ignored in Arabic character sets.2002, John Ayres, The tomes of Delphi: Win32 Shell API, Windows 2000 edition
kashida meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Malay
kashida in Hindi
- a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
- कशीदा kaśīdā
- elongation character
- कशीदा kaśīdā, तत्वील tatvīl
kashida in Urdu
- a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
- کَشِیدَہ kaśīda
- elongation character
- کَشِیدَہ kaśīda, تَطْوِیل tatvīl
kashida in Arabic
- a type of elongation used in some cursive scripts
- كَشِيدَة kašīda
- elongation character
- كَشِيدَة kašīda, تَطْوِيل taṭwīl
kashida in Malay
- elongation character
- tatwil
More languagesFewer languages
- kashida in Indonesian
- tatwil, kasyidah
Synonyms of kashida
Forms of kashida
| plural | kashidas |
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Origin of kashida
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَشِیدَه (kašīda).
Questions about kashida
- What does kashida mean?
- Kashida means a type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces.
- What is kashida in Hindi?
- Kashida in Hindi is कशीदा (kaśīdā), तत्वील (tatvīl). See Kashida meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kashida?
- Kashida is a noun.
- What is the plural of kashida?
- The plural of kashida is kashidas.
Words near kashida in the dictionary
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