kashida

/K AE1 SH IY1 D AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    (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.

  2. 2

    (countable) A character representing this elongation.

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