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ghazal
(gha¦zal)
Pronunciation:
/ˈgʌʒʌl/
noun
(in Middle Eastern and Indian literature and music) a lyric poem with a fixed number of verses and a repeated rhyme, typically on the theme of love, and normally set to music.
Origin:
via Persian from Arabic
ġazal
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