Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Takhmis
तख़मीस
said takh-MEES
also written: Takhmees,Takhmis
Meaning
The expansion of each couplet of a ghazal into a five-line stanza by adding three new lines, producing a mukhammas.
Literally: making five-fold
Related words
ARABIC
Mukhammas
A poem in five-line stanzas; often built by adding three lines to each couplet of an existing ghazal.
ARABIC
Tazmin
The device of incorporating another poet's line or couplet into one's own poem, building new verse around the borrowed lines.
ARABIC
Tarbi
The expansion of each couplet of a ghazal into a four-line stanza by prefixing two new lines, producing a murabba.