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noun
an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Shia
Topics: Islam, communications, journalism, lifestyle, literature, media, poetry, publishing, religion, writing
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noun
a lamentation for one dead, an elegy, a dirge, an epideceum (especially the one sung during the Muharram in commemoration of Hasan and Husayn)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Shia, broadly
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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History
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَرْثِیَه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).
