See also: عزل

Arabic

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Root
غ ز ل (ḡ-z-l)

Verb

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غَزَلَ (ḡazala) I, non-past يَغْزِلُ‎ (yaḡzilu)

  1. to spin

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غَزِلَ (ḡazila) I, non-past يَغْزَلُ‎ (yaḡzalu)

  1. to sweet-talk, to flirt, to cajole, to display amorous gestures [+ بِ (object) = to]

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Verb

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غَزَّلَ (ḡazzala) II, non-past يُغَزِّلُ‎ (yuḡazzilu) (rare)

  1. to pirouette, to whirl

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Noun

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غَزْل (ḡazlm (plural غُزُول (ḡuzūl))

  1. verbal noun of غَزَلَ (ḡazala) (form I)
  2. thread, yarn

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Noun

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غَزَل (ḡazalm

  1. compliment, flattery, cajolery
  2. erotic poetry, love hymns; erotic poetry as a genre, ghazal

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Adjective

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غَزِل (ḡazil) (rare)

  1. amorous, erotical

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References

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  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “غزل”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 836
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “غزل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 211
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 273–274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2255–2256
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 914

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, a compliment; erotic poetry).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ğazal
Dari reading? ğazal
Iranian reading? ğazal
Tajik reading? ġazal

Noun

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غزل (ğazal)

  1. (poetry) ghazal (form of lyric love poetry)

Proper noun

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غزل (ğazal)

  1. a female given name, Ghazal, from Arabic

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian غزل (ğazal)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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غَزَل (ġazalm (Hindi spelling ग़ज़ल)

  1. ghazal (poetic form)

Declination

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Declension of غزل
singular plural
direct غَزَل (ġazal) غَزَل (ġazal)
oblique غَزَل (ġazal) غَزَلوں (ġazalō̃)
vocative غَزَل (ġazal) غَزَلو (ġazalō)

Further reading

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  • غزل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • غزل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “غزل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.