غزل

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See also: عزل

Arabic

Root
غ ز ل (ḡ z l)
5 terms

Verb

غَزَلَ (ḡazala) I (non-past يَغْزِلُ (yaḡzilu), verbal noun غَزْل (ḡazl))

  1. to spin

Conjugation

Verb

غَزِلَ (ḡazila) I (non-past يَغْزَلُ (yaḡzalu), verbal noun غَزَل (ḡazal))

  1. to sweet-talk, to flirt, to cajole, to display amorous gestures

Conjugation

Verb

غَزَّلَ (ḡazzala) II (non-past يُغَزِّلُ (yuḡazzilu), verbal noun تَغْزِيل (taḡzīl)) (rare)

  1. to pirouette, to whirl

Conjugation

Noun

غَزْل (ḡazlm (plural غُزُول (ḡuzūl))

  1. verbal noun of غَزَلَ (ḡazala) (form I)
  2. thread, yarn

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

غَزَل (ḡazalm

  1. compliment, flattery, cajolery
  2. erotic poetry, love hymns; erotic poetry as a genre, ghazal

Declension

Adjective

غَزِل (ḡazil) (rare)

  1. amorous, erotical

Declension

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “غزل”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 836
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “غزل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 211
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 273–274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2255–2256
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 914

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, a compliment; erotic poetry).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ğazal
Dari reading? ğazal
Iranian reading? ğazal
Tajik reading? ġazal

Noun

غزل (ğazal)

  1. (poetry) ghazal (form of lyric love poetry)

Proper noun

غزل (ğazal)

  1. a female given name, Ghazal, from Arabic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غزل (ğazal)

Pronunciation

Noun

غَزَل (ġazalm (Hindi spelling ग़ज़ल)

  1. ghazal (poetic form)

Declination

    Declension of غزل
singular plural
direct غَزَل (ġazal) غَزَل (ġazal)
oblique غَزَل (ġazal) غَزَلوں (ġazalõ)
vocative غَزَل (ġazal) غَزَلو (ġazalo)

Further reading

  • غزل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • غزل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “غزل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.