English
Etymology
Via Persian, from Arab. ARchar|غز٠(gházal, âlove poetryâ), from ARchar|غز٠(gházala âto spin,â âto display amorous behaviorâ) (but popularly associated with ARchar|غزا٠ghazÄl âgazelleâ).
Pronunciation
IPA|/'gæzæl/, foreign /Êazal/
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. â Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red, tr. ErdaÄ 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. â Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown (Vintage 2006, p. 100)
vi:ghazal
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