حماسه
See also: حماسة
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاسَة (ḥamāsa, “enthusiasm”), in reference to the Kitāb al-Ḥamāsa or Book of Enthusiasm, a ninth-century collection of early Arabic epic poems. However, the term was coined recently. Classical poets classified poetry according to rhyme rules and not content; all epic poems would then belong to the مثنوی (masnavi) form, but that includes all narrative poems (e.g. romances) and not just epics.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæ.mɒː.sé]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | hamâse |
Noun edit
حماسه • (hamâse)
References edit
- ^ De Blois, François (2011) “Epics”, in iranicaonline.org, Encyclopaedia Iranica