English Dictionary

kashida

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated rather than separated by spaces.

日本語の意味

（不可算名詞）アラビア書体、特にペルシア・アラビアの筆記体において、文字間に空白を入れるのではなく、文字自体を伸ばして行間や文字組みを調整する文章整形の手法

In Arabic calligraphy, kashida is used to justify lines by elongating characters rather than adding spaces.

アラビア書道では、文字を空白で区切るのではなく、文字を伸ばして行を揃える手法が使われます。

意味（1）

(uncountable) A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated rather than separated by spaces.

Kashida is a typographic effect used with Arabic writing systems to elongate characters...

意味（2）

(countable) A character representing this elongation.

Note that stretching in this case can mean addition of white space, addition of connecting glyphs, such as kashidas...

kashidas （ plural ）