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gazel

gazel is the obsolete spelling of gazelle.

gazel is the alternative spelling of ghazal.

Meaning of gazelle

Noun

gazelle (plural gazelles or gazelle)

  1. An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
    • “One does not judge the gazelle by the lions that attack it,” replied Tarzan.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Forging Bonds of Hate and ——?”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 26

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Meaning of ghazal

Noun

ghazal (plural ghazals)

  1. A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.
    • Indeed, this is a realm where colors harmoniously recite magnificent ghazals to each other, where time stops, where the Devil never appears.2001, Orhan Pamuk, translated by Erdağ M. Göknar, My Name Is Red

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Forms of gazel

pluralgazels

Questions about gazel

What is gazel the obsolete spelling of?
Gazel is the obsolete spelling of gazelle.

Words near gazel in the dictionary

  1. gazeful
  2. gazehound
  3. gazehounds
  4. gazeka
  5. gazekas
  6. gazel
  7. gazeless
  8. gazelessness
  9. Gazeley
  10. gazelle
  11. Gazelle Hound

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