![]() The name nastaliq "is a contraction of the Persian naskh-i ta'liq ( Persian: نَسْخِ تَعلیق), meaning a hanging or suspended naskh". ![]() Nastaliq developed in Iran from naskh beginning in the 13th century and remains widely used in Iran, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and other countries for written poetry and as a form of art. It is often used also for Ottoman Turkish poetry, but rarely for Arabic. ![]() Nastaliq ( / ˌ n æ s t ə ˈ l iː k, ˈ n æ s t ə l iː k/ نَسْتَعْلِیق, Persian: Urdu: ), also romanized as Nastaʿlīq or Nastaleeq, is one of the main calligraphic hands used to write the Perso-Arabic script and it is used for some Indo-Iranian languages, predominantly Classical Persian, Kashmiri, Punjabi ( Shahmukhi) and Urdu ( Hindustani). The dotted form ڛ is used in place of س. ![]() Example saying, "خط نڛتعليق" ("Nastaliq script") in Nastaliq. ![]()
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