मरसिया
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian مرثیه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
मरसिया • (marsiyā) m (Urdu spelling مرثیہ)
- a marsiya (poem of mourning for the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala)
- (by extension) a lament, elegy
Declension[edit]
Declension of मरसिया (masc ā-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मरसिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press