Definition of Ghazels

1. ghazel [n] - See also: ghazel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghazels

ghastness
ghasts
ghat
ghatam
ghatams
ghats
ghatti
ghatti gum
ghaut
ghauts
ghawazee
ghawazees
ghazals
ghazel
ghazels (current term)
ghazi
ghazies
ghazis
ghazwa
gheada
ghee
ghees
gheimeh
gherao
gheraoed
gheraoes
gheraoing
gheraos

Literary usage of Ghazels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"His ghazels, which are written with great elegance and finish, contain many ... equal to his ghazels ; for, while they rival those of Nef í in brilliancy, ..."

2. Essays and Studies, Educational and Literary by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1890)
"ghazels have more sterling worth', says the author, ' than the earlier collection '; and he wishes them to be regarded as his first essays in this line. ..."

3. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"Of these, Sami is remarkable fa the art with which he constructed his ghazels. Among the writers of this time who did not copy Nabi are ..."

4. Persian Poetry for English Readers: Being Specimens of Six of the Greatest by Samuel Robinson (1883)
"When a poet has composed one or more ghazels every ... The Translator hopes that the ghazels selected will be found amongst the best, and in sufficient ..."

5. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"Lami'ts works, to which Von Hammer devoted 174 pages of his great History, include poems on old Persian romances, besides a multitude of ghazels and other ..."

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