English Explanatory Dictionary

muwashshah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Arabic ode, a multi-lined strophic verse poem, generally of five stanzas alternating with a refrain.
  2. An Arabic song which uses a (frequently secular) text written in this verse as its lyrics.

Word forms

muwashshah muwashshahat tawashih muwashshahs muwashsha muwashah muwassah muwassaha muwashaha moaxaja

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوَشَّح (muwaššaḥ, “girdled”) (plural مُوَشَّحَات (muwaššaḥāt) or تَوَاشِيح (tawāšīḥ)).

Related words

kharja
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