Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tatweel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tatweel
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of kashida.

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism, derived from تَطْوِيل (taṭwīl), for we were not able to find the term in the Arabic corpus, save rare computing contexts, which must already take over the Unicode designation U+0640 .

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Questions

What does tatweel mean?
Synonym of kashida.
Where does tatweel come from?
Pseudo-Arabism, derived from تَطْوِيل (taṭwīl), for we were not able to find the term in the Arabic corpus, save rare computing contexts, which must already take over the Unicode designation U+0640 .

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