Definitions

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  • noun a cursive style of Arabic calligraphy or font, the one most popular for and characteristic of the Arabic language itself.

Etymologies

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From Arabic نسخ (naskh, from násakha), "copy").

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Examples

  • "Naskh" is change from a lower to a higher, as beast to man; "Maskh" (the common expression) is the reverse, "Raskh" is from animate to inanimate (man to stone) and "Faskh" is absolute wasting away to corruption.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Wahida: Sura 2: 256 "Let there be no compulsion in religion" was superceded by the Doctrine of Naskh (Abrogation) by the Sword Verses of the Koran (Sura 8 "Booty" and Sura 9 "Compulsion"), specifically 9.5: "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • For the Arabic language, Naskh is probably the most common today.

    Site Home Michael S. Kaplan 2011

  • Originally developed in Iran, it is probably much more seriously associated with Urdu, a language which many of its speakers really tend to dislike using Naskh for its appearances.

    Site Home Michael S. Kaplan 2011

  • The holy Quran is in the Naskh script written with carbon black and vermilion.

    The Times of India 2010

  • After Conversion: Naskh خط النسخ, Nastaʿlīq, Ruq'ah خط الرقعة, Thuluth خط الثُلث, Kufic الخط

    ASP.NET Forums fedailr 2010

  • Before Conversion: Naskh خط النسخ, Nastaʿlīq, Ruq'ah خط الرقعة, Thuluth خط الثُلث, Kufic

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  • But there are six primary styles, which can generally be distinguished as being either geometric (basically Kufic and its variations) and cursive (Naskh, Ruq'ah, Thuluth, etc.).

    Lightly Toasted 2010

  • Naskh-Ta'alik) much used in India, is, as the name suggests, a mixture of the Naskhi (writing of transactions) and the Ta'alik.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Based on your requirement i coded a example of UTF-8, protected void Page_Load (object sender, EventArgs e) {string convertMe = "Naskh خط النسخ,

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