Kufic Definition

ko͝ofik, kyo͝ofik
adjective
Designating or of a form of the Arabic alphabet having mostly angular letters.
Webster's New World

Origin of Kufic

  • After al-Kūfa, a city in south-central Iraq

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kufic Sentence Examples

  • Such attractions as the buildings possess are due rather to the richly coloured tiles with which many of them are adorned, or to inscriptions, like the Kufic inscription, dated A.D.

  • Kufic script is essentially horizontal.

  • Variations of floral and geometric arabesque patterns and abstract Kufic scripts were expressed in hardwood, plaster, screens, pavings and furniture designs.

  • There is a large degraded Kufic inscription around the interior walls, reserved in white against a background of tiny luster whorls.

  • Kufic inscriptions run across the fronts under the entablature.

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Words Starting With

KKUKUF

Words Ending With

CICFIC

Unscrambles

Kufic

Words Starting With K and Ending With C

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Word Length

5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With K5 Letter Words Ending With C