Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Qafia

क़ाफ़िया

said QAA-fi-yaa

also written: Qaafiya,Kafia,Qafiya

Meaning

The rhyming word or syllable that recurs before the radif in each rhyming line of a ghazal or poem.

Literally: that which follows

Related words

The word or phrase repeated identically at the end of each rhyming line of a ghazal, coming immediately after the qafia.

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