What does kashida mean?
Kashida means (uncountable) A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(uncountable) A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces..
Kashida is a typographic effect used with Arabic writing systems to elongate characters...
Note that "stretching" in this case can mean addition of white space, addition of connecting glyphs, such as kashidas...
However, there is no option for determining whether or not the Arabic Kashidas will be ignored; they will always be ignored in Arabic character sets.
Use kashida when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kashida means (uncountable) A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces..
Common synonyms include tatweel, tatwil.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Kashida is a typographic effect used with Arabic writing systems to elongate characters...
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