Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Mat'la-e-Sani

मतला-ए-सानी

said MAT-laa-e-SAA-nee

also written: Matla-e-Sani,Matlaa-e-Saani

Meaning

A second matla within a ghazal — another couplet, after the first, in which both lines carry the rhyme.

Literally: the second opening

Related words

The opening couplet of a ghazal or ode, in which both lines rhyme.

A second opening couplet in a ghazal that also carries the qafia and radif in both lines, following the first matla.