GHAZAL

Etymology

Noun

ghazal (plural ghazals)

A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.

Anagrams

• haglaz

Source: Wiktionary


Ghaz"al, Ghaz"el, n. [Ar. ghazal.]

Definition: A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

23 December 2024

QUANDONG

(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

coffee icon