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The Urdu ghazal is a literary form of the ghazal-poetry unique to the Indian subcontinent, written in the Urdu standard of the Hindostani language.[1] It is commonly asserted that the ghazal spread to South Asia from the influence of Sufi mystics in the Delhi Sultanate.[2]
A ghazal is composed of ashaar, which are similar to couplets, that rhyme in a pattern of AA BA CA DA EA (and so on), with each individual she'r (couplet) typically presenting a complete idea not necessarily related to the rest of the poem.[3] They are often described as being individual pearls that make up a united necklace.
Classically, the ghazal inhabits the consciousness of a passionate, desperate lover, wherein deeper reflections of life are found in the audience's awareness of what some commentators and historians call "The Ghazal Universe", which can be described as a store of characters, settings, and other tropes the genre employs to create meaning.[4]
The Urdughazal is a literary form of the ghazal-poetry unique to the Indian subcontinent, written in the Urdu standard of the Hindostani language. It...
The ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. Ghazals often deal with topics of spiritual and romantic love and may be understood...
Asian diaspora. Ghazal singing and Qawwali are also important expository forms of Urdu poetry. The principal forms of Urdu poetry are: Ghazal غزل, is a set...
principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdughazal and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. His pen name (takhallus) was...
classical Urdu poet from India. He is considered by many scholars to be the father of Urdu poetry, being the first established poet to have composed ghazals in...
Iqbal Bano (Urdu: اِقبال بانو; born 1928 in Delhi – died 21 April 2009 in Lahore) was a Pakistani singer who specialized in ghazal. She is popularly known...
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of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ). Urdu literature...
Urdu. In T. A. Sebeok (Ed.), Current trends in linguistics (Vol. 5). The Hague: Mouton. "A Desertful of Roses", a site about Ghalib's Urdughazals by...
Mehdi Hassan Khan NI PP TI HI (Urdu: مہدی حسن خاں; 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) known as Mehdi Hassan was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer....
or qafiyah (Persian: قافیہ, Urdu: قافیہ) is a device employed in a form of Persian poetry and Urdu poetry known as ghazal (a poetic form consisting of...
Indian poet. He was teaching Urdu in Aligarh Muslim University. He primarily writes in Urdu language particularly ghazals. He also wrote a couplet titled...
Moʾmin; 1800 – 14 May 1852) was a late Mughal era poet known for his Urdughazals. A lesser-known contemporary of Ghalib and Zauq, he used "Momin" as his...
Seema Ghazal (born 17 February 1964) is a Pakistani story writer, poet, novelist, and drama writer of Urdu from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Seema is best...
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Grèce antique, Paris, p. 11. Rahman, T. (1990). "Boy-Love in the UrduGhazal". Annual of Urdu Studies. 7: 1–20. Phenix A, Hoberman H (2015). Sexual Offending:...
The M. (Persian/Arabic/Urdu: مطلع) is the first sher, or couplet, of a ghazal, a collection of poems in Urdu or Persian poetry. It is possible, although...
The maqta (Urdu: مقطع) is the last sher of a ghazal, a collection of Urdu poems and the poet's takhallus, or pen name, is usually employed in it, often...
(Punjabi) Yun naa reh reh kar hamein tarsaaiye (UrduGhazal) Heyrat se tak rahaay hain jahane wafaa mujhe (UrduGhazal) Goree goree baiyaan (Thumri) Mori bintee...
in Hindi-Urdu and Punjabi to mean "pen name". The takhallus is often included in the maqta, last sher (couplet), of the ghazal. While ghazal originated...
Nadira Begum (Urdu: نادرہ بیگم), better known by her pseudonym title, Munni Begum (Urdu: مُنّی بیگم) is a Pakistani vocalist and ghazal singer. Munni...
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