Kufic
adjectiveDefinition of Kufic
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of Al Kufa, a city of Mesopotamia or of its inhabitants
2 : constituting, belonging to, characteristic of, or written in the Arabic script Kufic
Kufic
nounDefinition of Kufic (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : a highly angular form of the Arabic alphabet originally used in copies of the Koran made at Al Kufa
2 : any angular variety of the Arabic alphabet — compare neskhi
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