Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. information form components
7. [script and type forms]
8. scripts (writing)
9. [scripts by form]

Narrower term/s

• Kufic
• naskhī
• thuluth
• taʻlīq
• nastaʻliq
• muḥaqqaq
• tawqī'
• rīḥān
• dīwānī
• maghribī (script form)
• shikasteh
• riqāʻ

Anotations

Scope note:

Scripts used for writing several languages of Asia and Africa, including Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. The Arabic script is written from right to left, in a cursive style, and includes 28 basic letters. Because all letters usually stand for consonants, it is classified as an abjad. After the Latin alphabet, it is the most widely used alphabet.