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qasida

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[kuh-see-duh] / kəˈsi də /

noun

Prosody.
  • qasida,
    plural
  • qasidas
    plural
  1. an Arabic poem, usually in monorhyme, that may be satirical, elegiac, threatening, or laudatory.


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Etymology

Origin of qasida

First recorded in 1810–20, qasida is from the Arabic word qaṣīdah


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