Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Musaddas
मुसद्दस
said mu-SAD-das
also written: Musaddas,Musaddus
Meaning
A poem in six-line stanzas, each stanza rhyming AAAABB; a form used for grand narrative and reflective verse, famously by Hali.
Literally: six-fold, sextet
Related words
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Mukhammas
A poem in five-line stanzas; often built by adding three lines to each couplet of an existing ghazal.
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Murabba
A sweet preserve or jam made by cooking fruit in sugar syrup.
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Marsia
An elegy, especially the long narrative lament commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Husain at Karbala.