rasm
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 4
/ɹæzəm/
Definition of rasm
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that distinguish it from other letters.
“Higher layers flesh out rasm; they provide body, specificity, and personality. Milo labels these shapes “archigraphemes,” the foundational structures on which graphemes are built. Although the Arabic abjad consists of twenty-eight letters, […]”
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noun
-
The base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that distinguish it from other letters.
“Higher layers flesh out rasm; they provide body, specificity, and personality. Milo labels these shapes “archigraphemes,” the foundational structures on which graphemes are built. Although the Arabic abjad consists of twenty-eight letters, […]”
- A style of Arabic writing that omits these dots, often used in the early centuries of Classical Arabic literature (7th–11th centuries).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رَسْم (rasm).
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