radif

English

Etymology

Arabic رديف‎

Noun

radif (countable and uncountable, plural radifs)

  1. (uncountable) A rule in Persian, Turkic, and Urdu ghazal poetry, according to which the second line of every couplet must end with the same word or words.
  2. (countable) The word or words chosen to end the second line in such poetry.

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