ağıt — meaning in English

English meaning

• elegy noun A poem or piece of music written in mourning for someone who has died, or in a serious, reflective, sorrowful tone.
• requiem noun A religious ceremony, especially a Catholic Mass, held to honor and pray for the dead.

Senses

ağıt is used for these senses in English:

• elegy A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]
• requiem A musical composition for such a mass.

requiem — full definition

1. noun A religious ceremony, especially a Catholic Mass, held to honor and pray for the dead.
2. noun A musical composition written for such a ceremony, or more broadly any piece composed to memorialize the dead.

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