Misra'

A misra (, plural: ; ; ; ; ) is a term used in Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Urdu poetry, which means 'half of a bayt'''.miṣrāʿ in Encyclopædia Britannica

In Arabic poetry, a misra therefore means half of one line of poetry, a hemistich. The two halves of the line are separated by a space.

In Persian, Turkic and Urdu poetry, a misra means one whole line of poetry. A ruba'i is a poem of four misras, i.e. two bayt''s.

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