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ghazal

form of poetry in South Asia and the Middle East, whose first and every even-numbered lines rhyme
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Summary

ghazal is a forme fixe[1]. ghazal draws 2,388 Wikipedia views per month (forme fixe category, ranking #2 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: literary genre[3], music genre[4]
  • Subclass of: strophe[5], poem[6]
  • Commons category: Ghazals[7]
  • Has part(s): ʿUdhrī Poetry[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ghazal[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10]
  • Native label: غَزَل‎[11], gazel[12]
  • Different from: Q19147341[13], Gazel[14]
  • Practiced by: Ghazal singer[15]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Malaysia[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wiki Loves Folklore[17]

Why It Matters

ghazal has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] ghazal is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . heritage.gov.my. Retrieved . heritage.gov.my. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21w ago · Future Perfect at Sunrise · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → forme fixe, literary genre, music genre
    Intangible cultural heritage status → National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Malaysia
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wiki Loves Folklore
    Topic's main category → Category:Ghazal
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: forme fixe"
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