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A mark opening a line of verse.
Also known as: Verse opening mark
The Arabic mark used at the head of a line of classical poetry.
Marks the opening of a line of classical Arabic verse.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Classical Arabic verse is set in two hemistichs to a line and needs marks the prose page does not, so the poetic apparatus is a small notation of its own.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
A small compact figure set at the start of the poetic line, distinct from any letter of the alphabet.