marsiya

/M AA1 R S IY1 AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    (Islam, Shia Islam, poetry) an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali and his comrades of the Karbala' in the Battle of Karbala

  2. 2

    (Islam, Shia Islam, by extension) a lamentation for one dead, an elegy, a dirge, an epideceum (especially the one sung during the Muharram in commemoration of Hasan and Husayn)