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Kufic
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Ku·fic also Cu·fic  (kfk, ky-)
adj.
Relating to or being an angular form of the Arabic alphabet used in making fine copies of the Koran.
[After al-Kfa, a town of south-central Iraq.]
Kufic, Cufic [ˈkuːfɪk ˈkjuː-]
adj
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) of, relating to, or denoting an early form of the Arabic alphabet employed in making copies of the Koran
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the script formed by the letters of this alphabet
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