تقطیع

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic تَقْطِيع (taqṭīʕ), verbal noun of قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Noun

تَقْطِیع • (taqtī') f (Hindi spelling तक़्ती)

1. cutting into parts, dissection;
2. scansion

   تقطيع کرنا

   perform scansion

3. caesura, in the context of poetry (especially Urdu poetry)

References

• Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.