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ghazal¹

  • /ˈɡæzæl/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, “to display love to the loved one via speech, to exchange talk of love with the loved one”).

noun ghazals · gasal · gazel · ghasal · ghasel · ghazel

  1. A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry. Indeed, this is a realm where colors harmoniously recite magnificent ghazals to each other, where time stops, where the Devil never appears.

Ghazal²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl, “gazelle; delicate person”).

proper noun Ghazals

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Translations

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noun a poetic form

Españolghazal, gazal
日本語ガザル gazaru
中文加扎勒 jiāzālè
हिन्दीग़ज़ल ġazal, गजल gajal
Portuguêsgazel, gazal
Françaisghazel
DeutschGhasel
Ελληνικάγαζέλα gazéla
Русскийгазе́ль gazɛ́lʹ
العربيةغَزَل ḡazal

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@misc{ghazal_2026,
  title = {ghazal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ghazal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}