Etymology

marsiya

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Today it means: an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala Full definition →

Classical Persian مَرْثِیَه ← Arabic مَرْثِيَة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromمَرْثِيَة
  2. Classical Persian · borrowed fromمَرْثِیَه
  3. English todaymarsiya

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَرْثِیَه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.