Kufic
of or relating to Kufa or its inhabitants.
noting or pertaining to the characters of the Arabic alphabet used in the writing of the original Quran, in the time of Muhammad.
the Kufic alphabet.
Origin of Kufic
1- Also Cufic .
Words Nearby Kufic
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How to use Kufic in a sentence
Kufic inscriptions run across the fronts under the entablature.
Probably they have puzzled, as we are still doing, over the Kufic or Arabic inscriptions on the last.
The Old Coast Road | Agnes RotheryThey have every appearance of belonging to the Kufic period, being domed and covered with a strong white cement.
Southern Arabia | Theodore BentAnd if these Kufic characters reached there, then why not the numeral forms as well?
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals | David Eugene Smith
British Dictionary definitions for Kufic
Cufic
/ (ˈkuːfɪk, ˈkjuː-) /
of, relating to, or denoting an early form of the Arabic alphabet employed in making copies of the Koran
the script formed by the letters of this alphabet
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