qasida

noun

qa·​si·​da

variants or kasida

kəˈsēdə

plural qasida or kasida

: a laudatory, elegiac, or satiric poem in Arabic, Persian, or any of various related literatures

Word History

Etymology

Arabic qaṣīdah

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