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‖ ghazal|ˈgæzæl|
Also gazel, ghazel, ghasel, ghazul.
[Pers., Arab. ghazal.]
1. A species of Oriental lyric poetry, generally of an erotic nature, distinguished from other forms of Eastern verse by having a limited number of stanzas and by the recurrence of the same rhyme.
1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Acc. Bks. 17/1 The Arabs, Persians, and Turks, celebrate in their gazels the praises of love and wine. 1813Moore Post-bag vi. 69 The tender Gazel I enclose Is for my love, my Syrian Rose. 1835Athenæum 14 Nov., Ghazi Gherai clothed in Ghazels his official complaint to the Sultan's preceptor. 1884J. Payne 1001 Nts. IX. 333 The great city on the Tigris is the theme of many an admiring ode or laudatory ghazel. 1888Edin. Rev. July 134 Another Persian metre much used by him was the ghazal. 1892Q. Rev. Jan. 48 The whole range of these singing and dancing ghasels is nothing if not ironical.
2. Mus. (See quot.)
1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms, Ghazel (Arab.) a term used by Dr. Hiller to describe a piece in which a simple theme is constantly recurring. |