marsiya

English

Etymology

From Persian مرثیه (marsiye), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Noun

marsiya (plural marsiyas)

  1. (poetry) An elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala'.
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