bahr (metre) in aruz

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Bahr (metre) in aruz is a traditional quantitative poetic meter used in classical Arabic, Persian, and related literatures, defined by specific patterns of long and short syllables.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poetic metre
prosodic concept
technical term in aruz
allows certain substitutions (zihāfāt)
certain variations (ʿilal)
appliesTo complete bayt (verse line)
hemistich (miṣrāʿ)
basedOn patterns of long and short syllables
codifiedBy al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi NERFINISHED
composedOf feet (tafʿīlāt)
contrastedWith accentual-syllabic metre
pure syllabic metre
definedBy fixed sequence of feet
repeating metrical pattern in each hemistich
field aruz
governs distribution of long syllables
distribution of short syllables
hasComponent ʿarūḍ (penultimate foot of the first hemistich)
ḍarb (final foot of the second hemistich)
hasExample bahr al-basīṭ
bahr al-hazaj
bahr al-kāmil
bahr al-madīd
bahr al-mujtath
bahr al-munsariḥ NERFINISHED
bahr al-mutaqārib
bahr al-mutaqārib in Persian epic poetry
bahr al-rajaz
bahr al-ramal
bahr al-ṭawīl
influenced Ottoman Turkish poetic tradition
Persian poetic tradition
Urdu poetic tradition
languageOfTerm Arabic NERFINISHED
literalMeaning sea
measurementType quantitative metre
metaphoricalMeaning sea of rhythm or metre
originatedIn Arabic poetic tradition NERFINISHED
studiedIn Persian prosody
classical Arabic prosody
usedFor ghazal
mathnawi
qasida
rubaʿi
usedIn Chagatai poetry NERFINISHED
Ottoman Turkish poetry NERFINISHED
Urdu poetry
classical Arabic poetry
classical Persian poetry

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motaqareb metre metricalSystem bahr (metre) in aruz