mushaira

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A poetic symposium in North India and Pakistan at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.

Word forms

mushaira mushairas

Etymology

From Urdu مشاعره (mušā’ira).

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