English Explanatory Dictionary

radif

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The word which must end both lines of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets in a Persian, Turkic or Urdu ghazal.

Word forms

radif radifs

Etymology

From Classical Persian رَدِیف (radīf), from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

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