Complete Definition of "qasida"

English

Alternative spellings
qaṣīda

Etymology
From Arabic ARchar|�ص�دة (qaṣīda).

Pronunciation
IPA|/k��si:d�/

Noun
en-noun

#An Arabic or Persian elegiac poem having a tripartite structure
#*2000: María Rosa Menocal, Raymond P. Scheindlin, The Literature of Al-Andalus
#*:The qasida is a formal multithematic ode addressed to a member of the elite in praise.

Translations
trans-top|Arabic or Persian poem
German: Kasside f
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