Elif in Arabic

Elif is written إليف in Arabic. Arabic reads from right to left, so the name starts with إ on the right.

إليف

Naskh The everyday script of books

إليف

Kufi Angular, the oldest style

إليف

Ruqʿah Quick handwriting

إليف

Maghrebi The script of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, where ف has its dot below

إليف

Maghrebi Mabsout Everyday Moroccan Maghrebi

إليف

Nastaʿlīq Flowing and slanted, the Persian style

إليف

Kufi in ink Kufi in red and black ink

إليف

El Messiri Elegant modern lettering

إليف

Cairo Clean modern lettering

إليف

Changa Squared modern lettering

إليف

Jomhuria Heavy poster lettering

إليف

Marhey Friendly marker handwriting

إليف

Alkalami Reed-pen style from West Africa

إليف

Blaka A gothic, blackletter look

About the name

A Turkish name from alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.

The letters, from right to left

Most Arabic letters join the next one, so their shape in the name differs a little from the letters shown here.

  1. إalif with hamza belowi at the start of a word
  2. لlāml
  3. يyāʾy, or a long ee or i
  4. فfāʾf, also used for v

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