Meanings
nounqasida (plural qasidas)
plural qasidas · alternative qaṣīda
- An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.
The qasida is a formal multithematic ode addressed to a member of the elite in praise.
2000, María Rosa Menocal, Raymond P. Scheindlin, The Literature of Al-Andalus1 more example
He was delighted to hear some music and listened with emotion to the wild qasidas that the old man sang – songs of the Arab canon full of the wild heart-sickness of the desert.
1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar
Origin
- Arabicقَصِيدَة
- Englishqasida
From Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَصِيدَة
- قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda)poem
Bengali কাসিদা
- কাসিদা (kaśida)poem
German Kasside
- Kassidepoem
Hindi क़सीदा, कसीदा
- क़सीदा (qasīdā)poem
- कसीदा (kasīdā)poem
Indonesian kasidah
- kasidahpoem
Malay qasidah
- qasidahpoem
Russian касы́да
- касы́да (kasýda)poem
Turkish kaside
- kasidepoem
Urdu قَصِیدَہ
- قَصِیدَہ (qasīda)poem
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APA
qasida. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qasida
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“qasida.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qasida. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “qasida,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qasida.
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