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marsiya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mar-siya
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala

noun

a lamentation for one dead, an elegy, a dirge, an epideceum (especially the one sung during the Muharram in commemoration of Hasan and Husayn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَرْثِیَه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: مَرْثِيَة, ر ث ي

Inflected Forms

marsiyas (plural)

Questions

What does marsiya mean?
an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala
Where does marsiya come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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