Radif
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Italic title In Persian, Turkic, and Urdu ghazals, the radīf (from Arabic Script error: No such module "Lang".; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is the word which must end each line of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets.Template:Efn It is preceded by a qafiya, which is the actual rhyme of the ghazal.[1][2][3]
The following is an example of an Urdu ghazal by Daagh Dehlvi, where the radif is "mein" while the qafiya is in -aah: Template:Transliteration, Template:Transliteration, Template:Transliteration, Template:Transliteration, Template:Transliteration and Template:Transliteration.
In Urdu, a ghazal which has no radif is known as ghair muraddaf ghazal; if it contains radif, it is called a muraddaf ghazal.