Baas-o-Beyt ( Sistanian: ) is a special kind of rhyming game common among Sistanian people and is generally considered as a genre of Sistanian poetry (called ''Seytak'') played by composing verses of Sistanian poems, along with some Sistanian dance and music. It is very similar to

Bait bazi Bait Bazi (Urdu: بیت بازی) is a verbal game and a genre of Urdu poetry played by composing verses of Urdu poems. The game is common among Urdu speakers in Pakistan and India. It is similar to Antakshari, the Sistanian Baas-o-Beyt, the Ma ...

, Antakshari and

Crambo Crambo is a rhyming game which, according to Joseph Strutt, was played as early as the 14th century under the name of the ABC of Aristotle. It is also known as capping the rhyme. The name may also be used to describe a doggerel poem which exhaus ...

as well.

Etymology

The term Baas-o-Beyt drives from

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

''Bahs'' and ''Beyt'' meaning ''debate'' and ''two line poetry'', respectively.

Example

The first one starts the Baas-o-Beyt like this: :Rasido var sare rude Adimi () :Salāmo ale'ko e' yāre ghadimi! () :Bgofto dokhtarak bose' va me de () :maga kuri ke bābāyom nadidi? () :(I just got to the river Adimi, :Salutation to you, my old friend! :I said to her: Just give me a kiss, girl. : Can't you see my father , you blind man?) The next one answers like this: :Byāya bogzara mesle ame'sha () :Aga yag bose me'dādi che me'sha? () :Aga yag bose me'dādi va āshegh () :Va fardāye qiāmat kam name'sha. () :( is going to pass by us, like all the times. :Why don't you give me a kiss? :Give a kiss to your lover :Do not be scared of anything.)

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