Definitions for kashida
kashi·da

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1. kashidanoun

   A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly Arabic, where characters are elongated rather than separated by spaces.

2. kashidanoun

   A character representing this elongation.

3. Etymology: کشیده

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1. Kashida

   Kashida or Kasheeda (Persian: کشیده; "extended", "stretched", "lengthened") is a type of justification in the Arabic language and in some descendant cursive scripts. In contrast to white-space justification, which increases the length of a line of text by expanding spaces between words or individual letters, kasheeda creates justification by elongating characters at certain points. Kasheeda justification can be combined with white-space justification. The analog in European (Latin-based) typography (expanding or contracting letters to improve spacing) is sometimes called expansion, and falls within microtypography. Kasheeda is considerably easier and more flexible, however, because Arabic-Persian scripts feature prominent horizontal strokes, whose lengths are accordingly flexible.

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1. Kashida

   Kashida is a type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly Arabic. In contrast to white-space justification, which increases the length of a line of text by expanding spaces between words or individual letters, kashida justification is accomplished by elongating characters at certain chosen points. Kashida justification can be combined with white-space justification to various extents. The analog in European typography is sometimes called expansion, and falls within microtypography. Kashida is considerably easier and more flexible, however, because Arabic-Persian scripts feature prominent horizontal strokes, whose length is accordingly flexible. Kashida can also refer to a character representing this elongation, or to one of a set of glyphs of varying lengths that are used to implement this elongation in a font. The Unicode standard assigns codepoint U+0640 as "Arabic Tatweel". Kashida or Keshida is a Persian word meaning extended or drawn.

How to pronounce kashida?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kashida in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kashida in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kashida
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashida
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=kashida