قصیدہ
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian قَصِیدَه (qasīda), borrowed from Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).[1] First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi قصیدہ (qṣydh /qasīda/).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qə.siː.d̪ɑ(ː)/
- Hyphenation: قَ‧صِی‧دَہ
Noun
قَصِیدَہ • (qasīda) m (formal plural قَصَائِد (qasāid), Hindi spelling क़सीदा)
- (poetry) qasida (panegyric poetry; Urdu poetry that extols)
- (by extension, Islam) a poem in praise of a religious figure, often Prophet Muhammad
- (figuratively, ironic) a long ode, lecture; address (a humblebrag; flattery)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | قَصِیدَہ (qasīdah) | قَصِیدے (qasīde) |
| oblique | قَصِیدے (qasīde) | قَصِیدوں (qasīdõ) |
| vocative | قَصِیدے (qasīde) | قَصِیدو (qasīdo) |
References
Further reading
- “قصیدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قصيده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 466
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “قصيده”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 887
- John Shakespear (1834) “قصيده”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1283