Standard Lemma guide

ghazal

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡæzæl/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from Arabic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl, “gazelle; delicate person”).

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, “to display love to the loved one via speech, to exchange talk of love with the loved one”).

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gazel — a poetic form
  • Arabic: غَزَل (ḡazal) — a poetic form
  • Armenian: գազել (gazel) — a poetic form
  • Assamese: গজল (gozol) — a poetic form
  • Azerbaijani: qəzəl — a poetic form
  • Bashkir: ғәзәл (ğəzəl) — a poetic form
  • Bengali: গজল (gojol) — a poetic form
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加扎勒 (jiāzālè) — a poetic form
  • Finnish: gaseeli — a poetic form
  • French: ghazel — a poetic form
  • Georgian: ღაზალი (ɣazali) — a poetic form
  • German: Ghasel — a poetic form
  • Greek: γαζέλα (gazéla) — a poetic form
  • Gujarati: ગઝલ (gajhal) — a poetic form
  • Hindi: ग़ज़ल (ġazal) — a poetic form
  • Hindi: गजल (gajal) — a poetic form
  • Indonesian: gazal — a poetic form
  • Japanese: ガザル (gazaru) — a poetic form
  • Kazakh: ғазел (ğazel) — a poetic form
  • Northern Kurdish: xezel — a poetic form
  • Kyrgyz: казал (kazal) — a poetic form
  • Malay: ghazal — a poetic form
  • Malayalam: ഗസൽ (gasal) — a poetic form
  • Marathi: गजल (gajal) — a poetic form
  • Nepali: गजल (gajal) — a poetic form
  • Odia: ଗଜଲ୍ (gajal) — a poetic form
  • Pashto: غزل (ğazal) — a poetic form
  • Dari: غَزَل (ġazal) — a poetic form
  • Iranian Persian: غَزَل (ġazal) — a poetic form
  • Portuguese: gazel — a poetic form
  • Portuguese: gazal — a poetic form
  • Punjabi: ਗ਼ਜ਼ਲ (ġazal) — a poetic form
  • Russian: газе́ль (gazɛ́lʹ) — a poetic form
  • Spanish: ghazal — a poetic form
  • Spanish: gazal — a poetic form
  • Swedish: ghasel — a poetic form
  • Swedish: ghazel — a poetic form
  • Swedish: ghazal — a poetic form
  • Sylheti: ꠉꠎꠟ (gozol) — a poetic form
  • Tajik: ғазал (ġazal) — a poetic form
  • Tatar: газәл (ğäzäl) — a poetic form
  • Telugu: గజల్ (gajal) — a poetic form
  • Turkish: gazel — a poetic form
  • Ottoman Turkish: غزل (gazel) — a poetic form
  • Turkmen: gazal — a poetic form
  • Urdu: غَزَل (ġazal) — a poetic form
  • Uyghur: غەزەل (ghezel) — a poetic form
  • Uzbek: gʻazal — a poetic form
Real reading context

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