مرثیہ
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian مَرْثِیَه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məɾ.sɪ.jɑ(ː)/
Noun
[edit]مَرْثِیَہ • (marsiya) m (Hindi spelling मरसिया)
- (Islam, Shia Islam, poetry) a marsiya (an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala)
- (Islam, Shia Islam, by extension) a lamentation for one dead, an elegy, a dirge, an epideceum (especially the one sung during the Muharram in commemoration of Hasan and Husayn)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مَرْثِیَہَہ (marsiyah) | مَرْثِیَہے (marsiye) |
| oblique | مَرْثِیَہے (marsiye) | مَرْثِیَہوں (marsiyõ) |
| vocative | مَرْثِیَہے (marsiye) | مَرْثِیَہو (marsiyo) |