shikasta

noun

shi·​kas·​ta

shə̇ˈkastə

plural -s

: the broken or current Persian hand in which correspondence and sometimes manuscripts are written

Word History

Etymology

Persian shikasta broken, from shikastan to break, from Middle Persian shkastan

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