InPersian, Turkic, andUrdughazals, theqāfiya (fromArabicقافيةqāfiya,lit. 'rhyme';Persian:قافیہ;Azerbaijani:qafiyə;Urdu:قافیہ;Uzbek:qofiya) is the rhyming pattern of words that must directly precede theradif.[1][2] Theqāfiya is the actual rhyme of the ghazal.[3]