mathnawi

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noun

A kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, usually with a meter of ten or eleven syllables; found in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu cultures.

OriginArabic مَثْنَوِيّ →
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Meanings

nounmathnawi (plural mathnawis)

plural mathnawis · alternative masnavi

  1. A kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, usually with a meter of ten or eleven syllables; found in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu cultures.

Origin

  1. Arabicمَثْنَوِيّ
  2. Englishmathnawi

Borrowed from Arabic مَثْنَوِيّ (maṯnawiyy).

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APA

mathnawi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mathnawi

MLA

“mathnawi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mathnawi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mathnawi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mathnawi.

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