Marsiya
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Marsiya is a noun meaning (Islam, Shia Islam, poetry) an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala.
Meaning
(Islam, Shia Islam, poetry) an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala.
More Meanings
- (Islam, Shia Islam, by extension) a lamentation for one dead, an elegy, a dirge, an epideceum (especially the one sung during the Muharram in commemoration of Hasan and Husayn)
Word Forms
- marsiyas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kharja, tazia, marjaiya, manqabat, mushaira, rubai.
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