English Explanatory Dictionary

qasida

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
  2. An Urdu panegyric poem

Pronunciation

/kaˈsiːdə/ /kəˈsidə/

Word forms

qasida qasidas qaṣīda

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).

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