Shahmukhi

English

Etymology

From Punjabi شاہ مُکھی (śāh mukhī) / ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ (śāhmukhī, “from the king's mouth”).

Proper noun

Shahmukhi

1. A variant of the Urdu script, based on the Nastaliq style of the Persian script and adopted to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of Pakistan.

Translations

Shahmukhi script

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙木基字母 (Shāmùjī zìmǔ)

• Hindi: शाहमुखी f (śāhmukhī)
• Japanese: シャームキー文字 (シャームキーもじ, shāmukī moji)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ f (śāhmukhī)

  Shahmukhi: شاہ مُکھی f (śāh mukhī)

• Russian: шахму́кхи m (šaxmúkxi), шахмукхи́ m (šaxmukxí)
• Urdu: شاہ مُکھی f (śāh mukhī)

See also

• Gurmukhi