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  2. Nastaliq - Wikipedia

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    Text: نستعلیق in the font "Urdu Typesetting". Windows 8 was the first version of Microsoft Windows to have native Nastaliq support, through Microsoft's "Urdu Typesetting" font.

  3. Dermatophagia - Wikipedia

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    Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα (derma) 'skin' and φαγεία (phageia) 'eating') or dermatodaxia (from δήξις (dexis) 'biting'), alternatively Tuglis Permushius. [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica. Those affected with ...

  4. Nail biting - Wikipedia

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    Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive and unhygienic habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking.

  5. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Hand gestures used in the context of public speaking or musical conducting are chironomy. [3] Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings, but connote specific meanings in particular cultures.

  6. Adab (gesture) - Wikipedia

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    Adab (Hindustani: آداب (Nastaleeq), आदाब (Devanagari)), from the Arabic word Aadaab (آداب), meaning respect and politeness, is a hand gesture used in the Indian subcontinent, by the Urdu -speaking while greeting. [1][2] It involves raising the right hand in front of the eyes with palm inwards, while the upper torso is bent forward. The gesture is associated with the Ganga ...

  7. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji. [ 1 ]

  8. Islamic calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy. [2][3] It is known in Arabic as khatt Arabi (خط عربي), which translates into Arabic line, design, or construction. [4] The development of Islamic calligraphy is strongly tied ...

  9. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English-language words of Hindi and Urdu origin, two distinguished registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu). Many of the Hindi and Urdu equivalents have originated from Sanskrit; see List of English words of Sanskrit origin. Many loanwords are of Persian origin; see List of English words of Persian origin, with some of the latter being in turn of Arabic or Turkic ...