A Manual of Classical Persian Prosody: With Chapters on Urdu, Karakhanidic, and Ottoman Prosody

according Arabic axrab b. r. mn bahr bahr e become beginning beit called Chapter circle Classical Persian clusters common complete considered consonant described distinction doubled element Elwell-Sutton example final given heart Hindi indicated language lengthened loanwords long vowels makfuf maqtū means mesra metre metrically morabba moraffal moša¶Gas mosbaq motaqāreb mozāl native never Note occur ol-hašv ol-hašv va original os-sadr va mx os-sadr va-z-zarb overlong oz-zarb oz-zarb el-mosbaq oz-zarb el-mozāl Pahlavi Persian prosody poem poetic poetry poets possible pronounced pronunciation prosody quoted rajaz e mn rare reduced References rhyme rhythm rokn rules sālem scanned script seen short vowels shortened syllables term traditional Turkish Urdu va maqtū variations vazn verse written کا که میں ہے