Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radif

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: radif
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The word which must end both lines of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets in a Persian, Turkic or Urdu ghazal.

Etymology

From Classical Persian رَدِیف (radīf), from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: رَدِیف, رَدِيف, ر د ف

Inflected Forms

radifs (plural)

Questions

What does radif mean?: The word which must end both lines of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets in a Persian, Turkic or Urdu ghazal.
Where does radif come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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