Khatt | Hat | Khattat-i | Calligraphy | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary1.jpg) |
Khattat | Hattat | Khattat | Calligrapher | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary2.jpg) |
Mufraddat | Mufredat | Mufraddat | Detached letters—the first stage in the traditional calligraphy learning process | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary3.jpg) |
Murakkabat | Murekkebat | Murakkabat | Assembled letters—the second stage in the traditional calligraphy learning process | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary4.jpg) |
Ijaza | Icazet | Ijaza | License—certificate given to the calligraphy student, allowing him or her to teach; means “permission,” or “authority” | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary5.jpg) |
Karalama | Karalama | Karalama | Single sheets of calligraphic exercises | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary6.jpg) |
Meshk | Mesk | Meshk | Practice sheet or lesson | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary7.jpg) |
Dawat | Divit | Dawat | Portable inkwell and pen holder | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary15.jpg) |
Qalam | Kalem | Qalam | A reed pen | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary9.jpg) |
Hibr | Mürekkep | Murakkab | Ink | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary10.jpg) |
Liqa | Lika | Liqa | Wad of silk used in an inkwell to absorb ink | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary11.jpg) |
Miqadda | Makta | Nay-qat | A cutting board on which you rest the pen when trimming the tip | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary12.jpg) |
Tarkheem | Ebrü | Kaghaz-i abri | The art of paper marbling | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary13.jpg) |
Bismillah | Besmele | Bismillah | An Islamic Arabic phrase meaning, “In the name of God, most gracious, most compassionate” | ![](https://www.calligraphyqalam.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/glossary14.jpg) |