Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic تَقْطِيع (taqṭīʕ), verbal noun of قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Noun edit

تَقْطِیع (taqtī'f (Hindi spelling तक़्ती)

  1. cutting into parts, dissection;
  2. scansion
    تقطيع کرنا
    perform scansion
  3. caesura, in the context of poetry (especially Urdu poetry)

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