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A divider between hemistichs.
Also known as: Hemistich mark
The Arabic mark separating the two halves of a line of classical verse.
Separates the two hemistichs of a line of classical Arabic verse.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Necessary because the two halves of an Arabic verse line rhyme and scan as one unit but are set apart on the page, so the mark asserts a join the layout breaks.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A small figure set between the two halves of the verse line, in the gap that separates them.
Both belong to the small apparatus used for setting classical Arabic verse.