Elegy in other Languages

مرثیہ۔دیگر زبانوں میں

Abstract

Elegy started its journey from Arabic Language. Its first creator was Hazrat Adam (AS) at sorrowful murder of his sons Habeel. This article is about the origin and meaning of the word “Elegy”, Elegy in Urdu language its evolution and beginning. In Urdu language, Elegy started from Dakkan.Elegyhad been divided into three types which were conventional, personal and religious or KarbalaiMarsiya.But later on, it became specific for Karba. We can come across personal elegies in Urdu but whenever we mention elegy our attention goes to Karbala. Therefore, in this article Elegy has been discussed in this context. Elegy in differentlanguagesof the world like Greek, Latin, English, French, Italian etc. is also part of this article