# mathnawi

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A kind of poem written in rhyming couplets, usually with a meter of ten or eleven syllables; found in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish and Urdu cultures.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَثْنَوِيّ (maṯnawiyy).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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