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Why does Urdu use Nastaliq?
The “P” sound is absent in Arabic. Pakistan becomes “Bakistan” in that language. So ultimately, Urdu’s origins by vocabulary lies mostly in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Farsi, in scripts it’s on nastaliq in which modern Farsi is written.
What is the difference between naskh and nastaliq?
Both Nastaliq and Naskh are forms of the Perso-Arabic script (which is used for many languages such as Persian, Arabic, and Urdu). However, Naskh is the standard style for Arabic and most other languages. Nastaliq is more cursive and is standard for Urdu, and also sometimes used in calligraphy for other languages.
What is Naskh style of writing?
Description. Naskh is a sans-serif script, meaning characters lack “hooks” on the ends of ascending and descending strokes. For example, the alif is written as a straight stroke, bending to the lower left.
When was naskh script invented?
naskhī script, Islāmic style of handwritten alphabet developed in the 4th century of the Islāmic era (i.e., the 10th century ad). From the beginning of Islāmic writing, two kinds of scripts existed side by side—those used for everyday correspondence and business and those used for copying the Qurʾān.
Who invented Naskh?
Naskh, which directly translates to copying, was a more legible style of calligraphy developed in 10th century Turkey. Pioneered by Ibn Muqla, Naskh was a hallmark in Islamic calligraphy.
Who invented nastaliq?
Mir Ali Tabrizi
After the Islamic conquest of Persia, the Iranian Persian people adopted the Perso-Arabic script and the art of Persian calligraphy flourished in Iran as territories of the former Persian empire. Apparently, Mir Ali Tabrizi (14th century) developed Nastaliq by combining two existing scripts of Nasḫ and Taʿlīq.
What is the difference between Nastaliq and Naskh script?
Both Nastaliq and Naskh are forms of the Perso-Arabic script (which is used for many languages such as Persian, Arabic, and Urdu). However, Naskh is the standard style for Arabic and most other languages. Nastaliq is more cursive and is standard for Urdu, and also sometimes used in calligraphy for other languages.
What is Naskh Urdu?
Urdu is traditionally written in a Perso-Arabic script called nastaliq, a flowy and ornate and hanging script. But when rendered on the web and on smartphones and the entire gamut of digital devices at our disposal, Urdu is getting depicted in naskh, an angular and rather stodgy script that comes from Arabic.
What is the role of Nastaliq in online writing?
In one of the most fascinating instances of online writing, nastaliq writers started making websites where they used specialized software to produce image files, which were then uploaded to the webpage. One of Pakistan’s leading newspapers, Jang Urdu, is a very good example of how this image-based-writing works.
Is Urdu the future of the digital world?
Well, when it comes to the digital world, this exact scenario is playing out for Urdu, a South Asian language spoken by anywhere between 100 — 125 million people in Pakistan and India, and one of Pakistan’s two official languages. Urdu is traditionally written in a Perso-Arabic script called nastaliq, a flowy and ornate and hanging script.