Naskh script
E7624
Naskh script is a widely used, highly legible style of Arabic calligraphy commonly employed in printed texts, books, and everyday writing.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naskh script canonical | 21 |
| Naskh | 5 |
| naskh | 3 |
| Naskh (when used for Persianate languages) | 1 |
| Ottoman Naskh style | 1 |
| Uthmani script | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66763 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Naskh script Context triple: [Arabic, hasCalligraphicStyle, Naskh script]
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A.
Kufic script
Kufic script is the oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy, characterized by its angular, geometric letterforms and prominent use in early Qur’anic manuscripts and architectural inscriptions.
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B.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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C.
Old Italic script
Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.
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D.
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
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E.
Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Naskh script Target entity description: Naskh script is a widely used, highly legible style of Arabic calligraphy commonly employed in printed texts, books, and everyday writing.
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A.
Kufic script
Kufic script is the oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy, characterized by its angular, geometric letterforms and prominent use in early Qur’anic manuscripts and architectural inscriptions.
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B.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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C.
Old Italic script
Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.
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D.
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
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E.
Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic script style
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calligraphic script ⓘ |
| characteristic |
clear letterforms
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diacritical marks clearly distinguished ⓘ even baseline ⓘ high legibility ⓘ regular proportions ⓘ rounded curves ⓘ short vertical strokes ⓘ small contrast between thick and thin strokes ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Diwani script
ⓘ
Ruqʿah script ⓘ Thuluth script ⓘ |
| developedIn | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 10th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
digital Arabic fonts
ⓘ
modern Arabic typefaces ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Kufic script ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Arab ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Arabic language ⓘ |
| relatedGenre | Islamic calligraphy ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Ibn Muqla
ⓘ
Ibn al-Bawwab ⓘ |
| status |
one of the most common Arabic calligraphic styles
ⓘ
standard style for Arabic book printing ⓘ |
| teachingContext |
taught in modern art and design programs
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taught in traditional calligraphy schools ⓘ |
| typicalUseComparedToThuluth | used for body text rather than large headings ⓘ |
| UnicodeUsage | basis for many Arabic Unicode font designs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Qurʾan printing
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books ⓘ educational materials ⓘ everyday handwriting ⓘ official documents ⓘ printed Arabic texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Middle East
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North Africa ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| visualRole | used for captions and body text in Arabic typography ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic script ⓘ |
| writingSystemUser |
Arabic-speaking communities
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Ottoman Turkish (historical) ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman Turkish
Persian language users ⓘ Urdu language users ⓘ |
| writingTool |
modern calligraphy pens
ⓘ
reed pen (qalam) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Naskh script Description of subject: Naskh script is a widely used, highly legible style of Arabic calligraphy commonly employed in printed texts, books, and everyday writing.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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