Qafiya

In Persian, Turkic, and Urdu ghazals, the qāfiya (from Arabic قافية qāfiya, lit. 'rhyme'; Persian: قافیہ; Azerbaijani: qafiyə; Urdu: قافیہ; Uzbek: qofiya) is the rhyming pattern of words that must directly precede the radif.[1][2] The qāfiya is the actual rhyme of the ghazal.[3]

  1. ^ "The history, art and performance of ghazal in Hindustani sangeet". Daily Times. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. ^ Kanda, K. C. (1995). Urdu Ghazals: An Anthology, from 16th to 20th Century. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-207-1826-5.
  3. ^ Afroz Taj (2007). The Court of Indar and the Rebirth of North Indian Drama. p. 151.