English
Etymology
Via Persian, from Arab. ARchar|غز� (gházal, �love poetry�), from ARchar|غز� (gházala �to spin,� �to display amorous behavior�) (but popularly associated with ARchar|غزا� ghaz�l �gazelle�).
Pronunciation
IPA|/'gæzæl/, foreign /�azal/
Noun
en-noun
- A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Turkish, Urdu, Arabic, and especially Persian.
#*2001: Indeed, this is a realm where colors harmoniously recite magnificent ghazals to each other, where time stops, where the Devil never appears. � Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red, tr. Erda� M. Göknar
#*2005: A poet could explain him to himself but he was a soldier and had no place to go for ghazals or odes. � Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown (Vintage 2006, p. 100)
vi:ghazal
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