Kuficadj.

Brit.

/ˈk(j)uːfɪk/, U.S.

/ˈk(j)ufɪk/

Forms: Also Cuphic, Cufic.

Etymology: < Kufa or Cufa, an ancient city near Babylon, the residence of the caliphs before the building of Baghdad, and a great seat of Islamic learning.

Of or relating to Kufa; applied to a variety of Arabic writing, attributed to the scholars of Kufa. Kufic is found mainly in old copies of the Qur'an, on coins of the Abbasid and other early dynasties, and in inscriptions. It differs from ordinary Arabic writing (Naskhī) in the angular form of many of the letters, and the general rigidity of the strokes, in which it bears a considerable resemblance to the Syriac Estrangelo. The name is sometimes loosely applied to old forms of Arabic writing generally; but the opinion once current that the Kufic writing is older than the round characters is now known to be incorrect.

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Arabic1592

Kufic1706

naskhi1771

Arabian1896

1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 22 June The Cufic characters.

1792 R. Heron tr. C. Niebuhr Trav. Arabia I. viii. vi. 270 I copied here [i.e. at Beit el Fakih] an ancient Kusic [sic] inscription.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iii. 521 Cufic coins, inscribed in the old Arabic character.

1879 C. R. Conder Tent Work Palestine 318 Over the outer Arcade of the Dome of the Rock runs the great Cufic inscription, giving the date of the erection of the building in 688 a.d.

1906 Harmsworth Encycl. VI. 422/3 The Kufic script was in use for coins from the end of the 7th to the 13th century.

1913 H. J. R. Murray Hist. Chess 171 The titles being in the Kufic character upon a blue ground.

1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 40 (caption) Turkish Rug of Arabesque Design and Kufic Border.

1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. i. 157 Arabic, German, and Anglo-Saxon coins on Gotland; kufic silver, Arabic and Rhenish glassware..at Birka.

1971 R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad Shore & Wave i. 10 He had the name of the house..written in Kufic script.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kufic
释义	Kuficadj. Brit. /ˈk(j)uːfɪk/, U.S. /ˈk(j)ufɪk/ Forms: Also Cuphic, Cufic. Etymology: < Kufa or Cufa, an ancient city near Babylon, the residence of the caliphs before the building of Baghdad, and a great seat of Islamic learning. Of or relating to Kufa; applied to a variety of Arabic writing, attributed to the scholars of Kufa. Kufic is found mainly in old copies of the Qur'an, on coins of the Abbasid and other early dynasties, and in inscriptions. It differs from ordinary Arabic writing (Naskhī) in the angular form of many of the letters, and the general rigidity of the strokes, in which it bears a considerable resemblance to the Syriac Estrangelo. The name is sometimes loosely applied to old forms of Arabic writing generally; but the opinion once current that the Kufic writing is older than the round characters is now known to be incorrect. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > of specific languages > Arabic Arabic1592 Kufic1706 naskhi1771 Arabian1896 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 22 June The Cufic characters. 1792 R. Heron tr. C. Niebuhr Trav. Arabia I. viii. vi. 270 I copied here [i.e. at Beit el Fakih] an ancient Kusic [sic] inscription. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iii. 521 Cufic coins, inscribed in the old Arabic character. 1879 C. R. Conder Tent Work Palestine 318 Over the outer Arcade of the Dome of the Rock runs the great Cufic inscription, giving the date of the erection of the building in 688 a.d. 1906 Harmsworth Encycl. VI. 422/3 The Kufic script was in use for coins from the end of the 7th to the 13th century. 1913 H. J. R. Murray Hist. Chess 171 The titles being in the Kufic character upon a blue ground. 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets Pl. 40 (caption) Turkish Rug of Arabesque Design and Kufic Border. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. i. 157 Arabic, German, and Anglo-Saxon coins on Gotland; kufic silver, Arabic and Rhenish glassware..at Birka. 1971 R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad Shore & Wave i. 10 He had the name of the house..written in Kufic script. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1706
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