muwashshah

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُوَشَّح (muwaššaḥ, girdled) (plural مُوَشَّحَات (muwaššaḥāt) or تَوَاشِيح (tawāšīḥ)).

Noun

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muwashshah (plural muwashshahat or tawashih or muwashshahs)

  1. An Arabic ode, a multi-lined strophic verse poem, generally of five stanzas alternating with a refrain.
  2. An Arabic song which uses a (frequently secular) text written in this verse as its lyrics.

Usage notes

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  • The plural muwashshahat, formed according to Arabic rules, is the plural form most commonly encountered in English texts.
  • The plural muwashshahs, formed according to English rules, is the second most common.
  • The plural tawashih, also formed according to Arabic rules, is rarely encountered.

Quotations

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  • 2006, María Rosa Menocal, Raymond P. Scheindlin, Michael Sells, The Literature of Al-Andalus, page 175:
    The last two composed several hundred religious muwashshahs each, []
  • 2009, Joseph Yahalom, Yehuda Halevi: poetry and pilgrimage, page 36:
    PROFANE GAMES IN HEBREW MUWASHSHAHAT