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mas̤nawī(rel. n. fr. A. mas̤nāt, v.n. fr. ثنی 'to double'; or perhaps fr. the Hebrew Mishna), s.f. Poetry consisting of distichs corresponding in measure,each consisting of a pair of rhymes (besides which the distichs have distinct poetical endings); heroic verse;—a poem written in that verse (and, par excellencethe poem of Jalālu`d-dīn Moḥammadu`l-balḵẖī, commonly called MaulavīRūmī, who composed about A.H. 600, and whose work is regarded by his followers as of equal authority with the Qor`ān).
Origin: Arabic