Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Sanaat

सनअत

said sa-naat

also written: San'at

Meaning

A rhetorical or poetic device; a figure of speech.

Usage & notes

The craft of sanaat covers the ornaments of verse, from wordplay to the structured beauty of figures like husn-e-taaleel.

Related words

Rhetoric; the art of effective and apt expression suited to its occasion.

A rhetorical device of pairing words that share an associative or semantic link within a verse.