Waṣf
Waṣf (Arabic: وصف) (literally 'attribute' or 'description'; pl. awṣāf أوصاف) is an ancient style of Arabic poetry, which can be characterised as descriptive verse. The concept of waṣf was also borrowed into Persian, which developed its own rich poetic tradition in this mode.
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