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marsiya

marsiya noun: an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala.

Noun

marsiya (plural marsiyas)

  1. (Shia) an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala
  2. (Shia, broadly) a lamentation for one dead, an elegy, a dirge, an epideceum (especially the one sung during the Muharram in commemoration of Hasan and Husayn)

marsiya meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati

marsiya in Hindi

a marsiya
मरसिया marsiyā

marsiya in Urdu

a marsiya
مرثیہ marsiya

marsiya in Gujarati

marsiya, elegy
મરસિયો marsiyo

Forms of marsiya

pluralmarsiyas

Origin of marsiya

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَرْثِیَه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Questions about marsiya

What does marsiya mean?
Marsiya means an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala.
What is marsiya in Hindi?
Marsiya in Hindi is मरसिया (marsiyā). See Marsiya meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is marsiya?
Marsiya is a noun.
What is the plural of marsiya?
The plural of marsiya is marsiyas.

Words near marsiya in the dictionary

  1. Marsilian
  2. marsin
  3. marsipobranch
  4. marsipobranchiate
  5. marsipobranchs
  6. marsiya
  7. marsiyas
  8. Marske
  9. Marske-by-the-Sea
  10. Marsland
  11. Marslike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marsiya (page history and authors); मरसिया (Hindi) (page history and authors); مرثیہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); મરસિયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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