tahrir

English

Alternative forms
  • tahreer

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تحریر‎ (tahrir), from Arabic تَحْرِير‎ (taḥrīr, “liberation; release”).

Noun

tahrir (plural tahrirs)

  1. (music) a type of ornament; especially the variant used in the Near and Middle East
    • Owen Wright, Touraj Kiaras (2009), Touraj Kiaras and Persian Classical Music: An Analytical Perspective, page 103:
      Karimi includes an extensive tahrir within the final syllable of the verse ...
    • Lloyd Miller (2012), Music and Song in Persia (RLE Iran B): The Art of Avaz, page 109:
      But it should be emphasized that Iran and Azerbāijān, whcih partake of the same musical culture, have the most intricate and highly elaborate form of tahrir in the world.
    • Parham Bahadoran (2016), "Analysis of Tahreer in traditional Iranian singing", page 92a:
      Miller (1999) quotes an Iranian master about different styles of Tahreer and mentions one of the main styles of Tahreer being the nightingale Tahreer ...
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