ghazal
/ˈɡæzæl/
ghazal noun: a poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.
Noun
ghazal (plural ghazals)
- 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
- A poet could explain him to himself but he was a soldier and had no place to go for ghazals or odes.2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage, published 2006, page 100
Proper noun capitalized: Ghazal
Ghazal (plural Ghazals)
- A surname from Arabic.
ghazal meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
ghazal in Hindi
- a poetic form
- ग़ज़ल ġazal, गजल gajal
ghazal in Marathi
- a poetic form
- गजल gajal
ghazal in Urdu
- a poetic form
- غَزَل ġazal
ghazal in Bengali
- a poetic form
- গজল gojol
More languagesFewer languages
- ghazal in Telugu
- గజల్ gajal
- ghazal in Malayalam
- ഗസൽ gasal
- ghazal in Punjabi
- ਗ਼ਜ਼ਲ ġazal
- ghazal in Gujarati
- ગઝલ gajhal
- ghazal in Odia
- ଗଜଲ୍ gajal
- ghazal in Assamese
- গজল gozol
- ghazal in Nepali
- गजल gajal
- ghazal in Pashto
- غزل ğazal
- ghazal in Arabic
- غَزَل ḡazal
- ghazal in Malay
- ghazal
- ghazal in Indonesian
- gazal
Forms of ghazal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ghazals |
| alternative form | gasal |
| alternative form | gazel |
| alternative form | ghasal |
| alternative form | ghasel |
| alternative form | ghazel |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ghazals |
Origin of ghazal
Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, “to display love to the loved one via speech, to exchange talk of love with the loved one”).
Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl, “gazelle; delicate person”).
Phrases with ghazal
Questions about ghazal
- What does ghazal mean?
- Ghazal means a poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.
- What is ghazal in Hindi?
- Ghazal in Hindi is ग़ज़ल (ġazal), गजल (gajal). See Ghazal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ghazal?
- Ghazal can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ghazal?
- Ghazal is pronounced /ˈɡæzæl/.
- What is the plural of ghazal?
- The plural of ghazal is ghazals.
Words near ghazal in the dictionary
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