मरसिया

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرثیه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /məɾ.sɪ.jɑː/, [mɐɾ.si.jäː]

Noun[edit]

मरसिया (marsiyām (Urdu spelling مرثیہ)

  1. a marsiya (poem of mourning for the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala)
  2. (by extension) a lament, elegy

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