Persian · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Rekhta
रेख़्ता
said REKH-taa
also written: Rekhta,Rekhtah
Meaning
An early name for the Urdu language as a medium of poetry — the 'scattered/mixed' tongue blending Persian and Hindavi.
Literally: scattered, poured, mixed
Related words
PERSIAN
Rekhti
A genre of Urdu verse written in a woman's voice and idiom, using feminine speech and domestic imagery.
ARABIC
Ghazal
A lyric poem of rhymed couplets sharing a single meter and refrain.
ARABIC
Nazm
A poem developed around a single connected theme, as opposed to the ghazal's discrete couplets.