Persian · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Qafia-Pemai

क़ाफ़िया-पैमाई

said QAA-fi-yaa-pai-MAA-ee

also written: Qafia Pemai,Kafiya Paimai

Meaning

Mere rhyme-mongering — stringing rhymes together with little substance, used dismissively of empty versifying.

Literally: rhyme-measuring

Related words

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

Padding or filler — superfluous words inserted merely to complete the metre, a recognized fault in verse.

Formality, ceremony, taking elaborate pains.