zajalesque

Adjective

zajalesque (comparative more zajalesque, superlative most zajalesque)

1. Characteristic of or similar to a zajal.
   • Long ago Julian Ribera pointed out that the majority of the cantigas (up to 90 percent) are zajalesque in form, and that in them the matla', which is repeated in writing after every stanza, functions as a refrain, as the musical notation proves.1989, Benjamin M. Liu, James T. Monroe, Ten Hispano-Arabic Strophic Songs in the Modern Oral Tradition, →ISBN
   • Although the notion of a pivotal position of the culture of Toledo is difficult to resist, and may explain the way zajalesque rhymes are to be found in the Cantigas, it does not directly explain the earlier interchanges: but it does provide a model whereby the conditions of receptivity, mentioned...1996, Dionisius A. Agius, Richard Hitchcock, The Arab Influence in Medieval Europe