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zejelesque

zejelesque is the alternative form of zajalesque.

Meaning of 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

Forms of zejelesque

comparativemore zejelesque
superlativemost zejelesque

Questions about zejelesque

What is zejelesque the alternative form of?
Zejelesque is the alternative form of zajalesque.

Words near zejelesque in the dictionary

  1. Zeitpyramide
  2. Zeitz
  3. Zeitzes
  4. Zeizoun
  5. zejel
  6. zejelesque
  7. zek
  8. Zeke
  9. Zekiel
  10. Zekoslav
  11. zeks

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