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Paste a ghazal, a nazm or one sher. Arooz finds the bahr, weighs every word, and shows you the syllable that breaks a line.
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A sher to read today
ستاروں سے آگے جہاں اور بھی ہیں
ابھی عشق کے امتحاں اور بھی ہیں
Allama Iqbal
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Ghazal, nazm and azad nazm. Every sher comes back with its words weighed and set against the feet.
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25,128 poems by 1,374 poets. Browse them by poet or by bahr.
ہستی اپنی حباب کی سی ہےRhyme
A qafiya dictionary of 63,840 words, sorted by weight, so the rhyme you pick also fits the foot.
دلمشکلمحفلمنزلساحلLearn
10 short lessons on arooz: the bahr, qafiya and radif, the ghazal and the nazm.
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One misra to a line. Say whether it is a ghazal, a nazm or an azad nazm, and leave the bahr on Auto or pick it yourself. Diacritics help but are not needed.
Every word is weighed
Each syllable is long (=) or short (-). The weights group into feet (arkan), and the run of feet is the bahr. Taqti is that breakdown, word by word.
See where a line breaks
A line that fits is marked in meter (mauzun). One that does not shows the exact syllable in red: one too many, one missing, or the wrong weight.
The bahrs poets write in most
All 87 bahrs- 2,134 poemsمضارع مثمن اخرب مکفوف محذوفMuzari' Musamman Akhrab Makfuf Mahzuf
- 2,007 poemsرمل مثمن مخبون محذوف مقطوعRamal Musamman Makhbun Mahzuf Maqtu'
- 1,711 poemsخفیف مسدس مخبون محذوف مقطوعKhafif Musaddas Makhbun Mahzuf Maqtu'
- 1,702 poemsمجتث مثمن مخبون محذوف مسکنMujtass Musamman Makhbun Mahzuf Musakkan
- 1,242 poemsہزج مثمن اخرب مکفوف محذوفHazaj Musamman Akhrab Makfuf Mahzuf
- 1,106 poemsرمل مثمن محذوفRamal Musamman Mahzuf
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