Qaafiyaa or Qafiyah (, ) is a device employed in a form of Persian poetry and Urdu poetry known as ghazal (a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain) and also in nazm. The is the rhyming pattern of words that must directly precede the ghazal's radif. Origin The origin of is Arabic; it is the rhyming of the ends of the words. Ghazal is a form of romantic Arabic poetry. Ghazal is essentially flirtatious and quite often playful poetry. A ghazal which has no is known as ghair muradaf ghazal; if it contains radif, it is called a muradaf ghazal. References Urdu-language poetry Ghazal Rhyme