Meaning
Manner, style or mode — the particular fashion in which a poet composes or a tune is set.
Literally: a mode, fashion, cut
See it in the verse
Tarz in Iqbal’s couplets
Aaeen-e-naw se darna, tarz-e-kuhan pe arna
Manzil yahi kathin hai qaumon ki zindagi mein
Manzil yahi kathin hai qaumon ki zindagi mein
To fear the new order, and to dig in stubbornly on the old way — this is the hardest pass in the life of a people.
Awakening · Courage
Jamhuriyat ek tarz-e-hukumat hai ki jis mein
Bandon ko gina karte hain, tola nahin karte
Bandon ko gina karte hain, tola nahin karte
Democracy is a mode of governance in which people are counted, not weighed.
Justice · Awakening
Related words
PERSIAN
Andaz-e-Bayan
A poet's distinctive manner or style of expression — the characteristic way he frames and delivers his thought.
ARABIC
Lehja
Tone, accent or inflection — the distinctive voice and pitch of a poet's diction or a speaker's delivery.
PERSIAN
Sabk-e-Hindi
The 'Indian style' of Persian poetry — marked by elaborate conceits, abstract imagery and intricate meaning-making, flourishing in Mughal India.