different between ghazal vs mushaira

English

Persian ? (?azal), from Arabic ??????? (?azala, “to display love to the loved one via speech, to exchange talk of love with the loved one”).

ghazal (plural ghazals)

A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.

From Urdu ??????? (muš?’ira).

mushaira (plural mushairas)

A poetic symposium in North India and Pakistan at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.

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