मरसिया

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مرثیه (marsiya), from Arabic مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məɾ.sɪ.jɑː/, [mɐɾ.si.jäː]

Noun

मरसिया • (marsiyā) m (Urdu spelling مرثیہ)

1. a marsiya (poem of mourning for the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala)
2. (by extension) a lament, elegy

Declension

Declension of मरसिया (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मरसिया marsiyā	मरसिए, मरसिये marsie, marsiye
oblique	मरसिए, मरसिये marsie, marsiye	मरसियों marsiyõ
vocative	मरसिए, मरसिये marsie, marsiye	मरसियो marsiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मरसिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press