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Ren Ren · 11th February 2020, 10:50 AM

You are absolutely right, Kwiatek! In the former Soviet Central Asia, Arabic graphics remained only in religious life. "Usta" (sounds like "usto") is a respectful appeal to the master knifemaker (in Uzbek "pichoqchi").

11th February 2020, 10:50 AM	#21
Ren Ren Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 379	You are absolutely right, Kwiatek! In the former Soviet Central Asia, Arabic graphics remained only in religious life. "Usta" (sounds like "usto") is a respectful appeal to the master knifemaker (in Uzbek "pichoqchi").