मरसिया
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian مرثیه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमरसिया • (marsiyā) m (Urdu spelling مرثیہ)
- a marsiya (poem of mourning for the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala)
- (by extension) a lament, elegy
Declension
editDeclension of मरसिया (masc ā-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मरसिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press