Ghazal Definition

gə-zäl, -zŭl
noun
A poetic form of Persian origin, consisting of five or more syntactically complete couplets linked by rhyme and the repetition of a closing word or phrase.
American Heritage
A poem in this form.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Ghazal

Noun

Singular:
ghazal
Plural:
ghazals

Origin of Ghazal

  • Persian and Urdu ġazal (Urdu) (from Persian) from Arabic amatory poetry from ġazila to court, praise with amatory poetry ġzl in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ghazal Sentence Examples

  • The basin of the Ghazal is a large one, extending north-west to Darfur, and south-west to the Congo watershed.

  • On many maps it is marked as the Bahr-el-Arab, a designation also used as an alternative name for the Lol l another tributary of the Ghazal, which eventually unites with the Bahr-el-Homr. The Bahr-el-Homr in its lower reaches was in 1906 completely blocked by sudd, and then brought no water into the Bahr-el-Ghazal.

  • The Tonj, the most westerly of these rivers, joins the Jur a little above its confluence with the Ghazal.

  • There is now neither inlet nor outlet to the lake in this direction, the mouth of the Ghazal having become a fertile millet field.

  • The Rohl (or Yalo), farther east, empties into a wide channel known as Khor Deleb, which joins the Ghazal some 9 m.

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Words Starting With

GGHGHA

Words Ending With

LALZAL

Unscrambles

ghazal

Words Starting With G and Ending With L

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With G6 Letter Words Ending With L