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" Epigram, classical Arabic - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
van Gelder, Geert Jan
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AL
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English
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1061520
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ALei1917
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van Gelder, Geert Jan
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Epigram, classical Arabic - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ van Gelder, Geert Jan
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(1,145 words)
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The nearest Arabic equivalent of “ epigram ,” a short poem with a witty turn of thought, is maqṭūʿ or maqṭūʿa (lit. “fragment,” pl. maqāṭīʿ ), but this is a misleading word, because it suggests that the poem was originally part of a larger whole. The same is true of the terms qiṭʿa and muqaṭṭaʿa , which are derived from the same root ( q-ṭ-ʿ , to cut off) and often have similar meanings. Many short pieces, especially from the earlier periods, may have been part of longer poems not preserved in their entirety:
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Islam.
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ALei1917.pdf
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