Home›Middle Eastern and Persian Verse Forms›Language TraditionBrowse ByLanguage TraditionFactsLanguage TraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested600 1Language TraditionFilter Results2 entriesPlace of OriginAllal-Andalus (1)Iran (1)Najd (1)The Arabian Peninsula (1)The Levant (1)GenreAllLyric Poetry (2)Influenced ByAllThe Qasida (1)Attested From (Year)All125 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory III (1)Category IV (1)ISO 639-3 CodeAllara (1)pes (1)Speaker CountAll83,000,000 (1)274,000,000 (1)StatusAllLiving (2)ToneAllNot Tonal (1)Word OrderAllSOV (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2ArabicLanguage Tradition3 entriesIranian PersianLanguage Tradition1 entrySources1. Ghazal (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationGhazal, lead section, 7th-century Arabic origins sentenceQuote, Ghazal, lead section, 7th-century Arabic origins sentenceThe ghazal form is ancient, tracing its origins to 7th-century Arabic poetry.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.