Kufic

[ koo-fik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Kufa or its inhabitants.
2. noting or pertaining to the characters of the Arabic alphabet used in the writing of the original Quran, in the time of Muhammad.

noun

1. the Kufic alphabet.

Kufic

/ ˈkjuː-; ˈkuːfɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or denoting an early form of the Arabic alphabet employed in making copies of the Koran

noun

1. the script formed by the letters of this alphabet

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kufic¹

First recorded in 1785–95; Kuf(a) + -ic

Example Sentences

Kufic inscriptions run across the fronts under the entablature.

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Probably they have puzzled, as we are still doing, over the Kufic or Arabic inscriptions on the last.

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They have every appearance of belonging to the Kufic period, being domed and covered with a strong white cement.

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And if these Kufic characters reached there, then why not the numeral forms as well?

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