different between ghazal vs thumri

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 Hindi ????? (?humr?).

thumri (countable and uncountable, plural thumris)

A genre of light classical north Indian music.
An individual piece of music in this style.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 82:
  Like many dancers, Elokeshi had a fine voice and could sing exquisite thumris […]
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 146:
  These courtesans sang beautiful tappas and thumris much to the delight of the citizens.

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