Persian
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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sabk-i hindī
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| Dari reading?
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sabk-i hindī
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| Iranian reading?
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sabk-e hendi
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| Tajik reading?
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sabk-i hindi
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Noun
سَبکِ هِندی • (sabk-e hendi)
- the "Indian style" of Persian poetry: the third style of New Persian verse from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, characterized by extravagant use of language and often associated with poets working under the patronage of the Mughals and other South Asian rulers; in modern Iran, it is often criticized for purple prose
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