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mathnawi

mathnawi noun: a kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, usually with a meter of ten or eleven syllables; found in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu cultures.

Noun

mathnawi (plural mathnawis)

  1. A kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, usually with a meter of ten or eleven syllables; found in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu cultures.

Forms of mathnawi

pluralmathnawis
alternative formmasnavi

Origin of mathnawi

Borrowed from Arabic مَثْنَوِيّ (maṯnawiyy).

Questions about mathnawi

What does mathnawi mean?
Mathnawi means a kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, usually with a meter of ten or eleven syllables; found in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu cultures.
What part of speech is mathnawi?
Mathnawi is a noun.
What is the plural of mathnawi?
The plural of mathnawi is mathnawis.

Words near mathnawi in the dictionary

  1. mathmagician
  2. mathmagicians
  3. MathML
  4. mathmo
  5. mathmos
  6. mathnawi
  7. mathnawis
  8. Matho
  9. mathom
  10. mathoms
  11. Mathomus

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