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qasida

/kəˈsidə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
qasi-da
IPA
/kəˈsidə/
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.

noun

An Urdu panegyric poem

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kəˈsidə/
  • British English: /kaˈsiːdə/

Inflected Forms

qasidas (plural) qaṣīda (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce qasida?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈsidə/.
What does qasida mean?
An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
Where does qasida come from?
From Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).

How to pronounce qasida

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