क़सीदा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قصیده (qasīda), from Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qə.siː.d̪ɑː/, [qɐ.siː.d̪äː], /kə.siː.d̪ɑː/, [kɐ.siː.d̪äː]

Noun

क़सीदा • (qasīdā) m (Urdu spelling قصیدہ)

1. (poetry) qasida; poetry that extols

   क़सीदे पढ़ना ― qasīde paṛhnā ― to praise highly (literally, “to read qasidas”)

Declension

Declension of क़सीदा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़सीदा qasīdā	क़सीदे qasīde
oblique	क़सीदे qasīde	क़सीदों qasīdõ
vocative	क़सीदे qasīde	क़सीदो qasīdo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़सीदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press