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How to pronounce ghazal

American English pronunciation

GAZ-ul

IPA
/ˈɡæzəl/
Syllables
GAZ · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)

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What ghazal means

noun

A love poem in rhyming couplets, from Persian and Urdu poetry

In a sentence: Our teacher read us a ghazal in which every pair of lines ended with the same word.

Where it comes from: It was borrowed from an Arabic word for love poetry.

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