ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Qasida

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /kaˈsiːdə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Qasida is a noun meaning An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.

Meaning

An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.

More Meanings

  1. An Urdu panegyric poem

Example Sentences

The qasida is a formal multithematic ode addressed to a member of the elite in praise.
He was delighted to hear some music and listened with emotion to the wild qasidas that the old man sang – songs of the Arab canon full of the wild heart-sickness of the desert.

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Related dictionary entries include kasida, nasib, muwashshah, rubai, doha, maqta.

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