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cufic
Kufic script (Arabic: الخط الكوفي) is a style of Arabic script that gained prominence early on as a preferred script for Quran transcription and architectural decoration, and it has since become a reference and an archetype for a number of other Arabic scripts. It developed from the Arabic alphabet in the city of Kufa, from which its name is derived. Kufic script is characterized by angular, rectilinear letterforms and its horizontal orientation. There are many different versions of Kufic script, such as square Kufic, floriated Kufic, knotted Kufic, and others.
Webster Dictionary
Cuficadjective
of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabic language
Etymology: [So called from the town of Cufa, in the province of Bagdad.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cufic
kūf′ik, adj. of or pertaining to Cufa, esp. applied to the kind of writing of the scholars of Cufa in Asiatic Turkey, seat of the most expert copyists of the Koran.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cufic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cufic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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