kaligrāfija

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”), adapted to Latvian lexical patterns ( +‎ -ija).

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kaligrāfija f (4th declension)

1. calligraphy, penmanship (the practice of handwriting in a beautiful, decorative style; words written in such a style)

   kaligrāfijas skolotājs ― calligraphy teacher

   kaligrāfijas nodarbība ― calligraphy lesson

   kaligrāfija 24 stundās ― calligraphy in 24 hours

   ķīniešu kaligrāfija ― Chinese calligraphy

   kaligrāfija atkal nāk modē ― calligraphy is again fashionable

• (of "handwriting"): rokraksts

• kaligrāfs, kaligrāfe
• kaligrāfisks