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Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Marsia

मर्सिया
said MAR-si-yaa
also written: Marsiya,Marsiyah,Marthiya
Meaning

An elegy, especially the long narrative lament commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Husain at Karbala.

Literally: a dirge, lamentation for the dead

Related words
ARABIC

Noha

A dirge of lamentation recited in mourning during Muharram.

ARABIC

Masnavi

A long narrative or didactic poem in independently rhyming couplets.

ARABIC

Musaddas

A poem in six-line stanzas, each stanza rhyming AAAABB; a form used for grand narrative and reflective verse, famously by Hali.

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