Radif ( fa, ردیف, meaning ''order'') is a rule in Persian, Turkic, and
Urdu poetry which states that, in the form of poetry known as a
ghazal
The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...
, the second line of all the couplets (''s'' or
''shers'') ''must'' end with the ''same'' word/s. This repeating of common words is the of the ghazal. It is preceded by a ''