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A: Prosodic System and its Elements (Aruz)

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Aruz: The system of prosody used in Arabic, Persian and classical Ottoman poetry.

Bahir: Standard prosodic meter

Meter: Varying sub-meter (vezin in Turkish) within each standard meter

Scansion: Showing the weight of syllables, or the rhythmic structure in every line

Used in: tei:note, tei:metDecl, tei:metSym, tei:lg, tei:l

Standard prosodic symbols for scansion:

Symbol

Description

Definition

u

short syllable

A syllable of the form cv or v.

–

long syllable

A syllable of form cV, cVc, cvc, cVcc, cvcc, vc, or V.

x

anceps

The position in a metrical pattern which can be filled by either a long or a short syllable.

U

merge (ulama/vasl)


Z

shortening (zihâf/kısaltma)


I

lengthening (imâle/uzatma)


M

insertion (med)


|

foot division

The separator of two feet within a meter, for RegEx purposes always set at the end.

List of feet used in meter patterns

Name

Pattern for tei:metDecl[@met]

Name @xml:id

Description

fâ’

– |

fa


fâ’ilâtü 

– u – u |

failatu


fâ’ilâtün 

– u – – |

failatun


fâ’ilün 

– u – |

failun


fa’lün 

– – |

falun


fe’ilâtün 

u u – – |

feilatun


fe’ilün

u u – |

feilun


fe’ûl

u – |

feul


fe’ûlün 

u – – |

feulun


mef’ûlü 

– – u |

mefulu


mef’ûlün 

– – – |

mefulun


mefâ’îlü

u – – u |

mefailu


mefâ’ilün

u – u – |

mefailun1


mefâ’îlün 

u – – – |

mefailun2


müfte’ilâtün

– u u – – |

mufteilatun


müfte’ilün 

– u u – |

mufteilun


müstef’ilün

– – u – |

mustefilun


mütefâ’ilün 

u u – u – |

mutefailun


List of Meters used:

Name of bahir

Name of sub-meter (Vezin)

Alignment of the feet

Scansion for tei:metDecl[@met]

Name @xml:id

Definition

Description

Cedîd

Cedîd 1

fe’ilâtün / fe’ilâtün / mefâ’ilün

u u – – | u u – – | u – u – |

cedid1



Hezec

Hezec 1

mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlü / mefâ’îlü / fe’ûlün

– – u | u – – u | u – – u | u – – |

hezec1




Hezec 2

mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlün / mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlün

– – u | u – – – | u – u | u –  – |

hezec2




Hezec 3

mef’ûlü / mefâ’ilün / fe’ûlün 

– – u | u – u – | u – – |

hezec3




Hezec 4

mefâ’îlün / fe’ûlün / mefâ’îlün / fe’ûlün

u – – – | u – – | u – – – | u – – |

hezec4




Hezec 5

mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün

u – – – | u – – – | u – – – | u – – – |

hezec5




Hezec 6

mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün / fe’ûlün

u – – – | u – – – | u – – – | u – – |

hezec6




Hezec 7

mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün / fe’ûlün

u – – – | u – – – | u – – |

hezec7




Hezec 8

mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün

u – – – | u – – – |

hezec8



Hezec (Ahreb)

Hezec (Ahreb) 1 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlün / mef’ûlü / fe’ûl

– – u | u – – – | – – u | u – |

hezecahreb1




Hezec (Ahreb) 2 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlü / mefâ’îlü / fe’ûl

– – u | u – – u | u – – u | u – |

hezecahreb2




Hezec (Ahreb) 3 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlün / mef’ûlün / fâ’

– – u | u – – – | – – – | – |

hezecahreb3




Hezec (Ahreb) 4 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlün / mefâ’îlün / fâ’

– – u | u – – – | u – – – | – |

hezecahreb4




Hezec (Ahreb) 5 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlü / mefâ’ilün / mefâ’îlü / fe’ûl

– – u | u – – – | u – – u | u – |

hezecahreb5




Hezec (Ahreb) 6 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlü / mefâ’ilün / mefâ’îlün / fâ’

– – u | u – – – | u – – – | – |

hezecahreb6



Hezec (Ahrem) (Rubâî Meter)

Hezec (Ahrem) 1 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlün / mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlü / fe’ûl

– – – | – – u | u – – u | u – |

hezecahrem1




Hezec (Ahrem) 2 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlün / mef’ûlü / mefâ’îlün / fâ’

– – – | – – u | u – – – | – |

hezecahrem2




Hezec (Ahrem) 3 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlün / mef’ûlün / mef’ûlü / fe’ûl

– – – | – – – | – – u | u – |

hezecahrem3




Hezec (Ahrem) 4 (Rubâî Meter)

mef’ûlün / mef’ûlün / mef’ûlü / fâ’

– – – | – – – | – – u | – |

hezecahrem4



Kâmil

Kâmil 1

mütefâ’ilün / fe’ûlün / mütefâ’ilün / fe’ûlün

u u – u – | u – – | u u – u – | u – – |

kamil1



Muzâri

Muzâri 1

mef’ûlü / fâ’ilâtü / mefâ’îlü / fâ’ilün

– – u | – u – u | u – – u | – u – |

muzari1




Muzâri 2

mef’ûlü / fâ’ilâtün / mef’ûlü / fâ’ilâtün

– – u | – u – u | – – u | – u – – |

muzari2



Müctes

Müctes 1

mefâ’ilün / fe’ilâtün / mefâ’ilün / fe’ilün

u – u – | u u – – | u – u – | u u – |

muctes1



Münserih

Münserih 1

müfte’ilün / fâ’ilün / müfte’ilün / fâ’ilün

– u u – | – u – | – u u – | – u – |

munserih1




Münserih 2

müfte’ilâtün / müfte’ilâtün

– u u – – | – u u – – |

munserih2



Recez

Recez 1

müfte'ilün / mefâ’ilün / müfte'ilün / mefâ’ilün

– u u – | u – u – | – u u – | u – u – |

recez1




Recez 2

müfte’ilün / müfte’ilün / müfte’ilün / müfte’ilün

– u u – |– u u – |– u u – | – u u – |

recez2




Recez 3

müstef’ilün / müstef’ilün / müstef’ilün / müstef’ilün

– – u – | – – u – |– – u – | – – u – |

recez3



Remel

Remel 1

fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilün

– u – – | – u – – | – u – – | – u – |

remel1




Remel 2

fe’ilâtün / fe’ilâtün / fe’ilâtün / fe’ilün

u u – – | u u – – | u u – – | u u – |

remel2




Remel 3

fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün

– u – – | – u – – | – u – – |

remel3




Remel 4

fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilün

– u – – | – u – – | – u – |

remel4




Remel 5

fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün / fâ’ilâtün

– u – – | – u – – | – u – – | – u – – |

remel5




Remel 6

fe’ilâtün / fe’ilâtün / fe’ilâtün / fe’ilâtün

u u – – | u u – – | u u – – | u u – – |

remel6



Serî

Serî 1

müfte’ilün / müfte’ilün / fâ’ilün

– u u – | – u u – | – u – |

seri1



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