A ''nūniyya'' (, plural ) is a

monorhyme Monorhyme is a passage, stanza, or entire poem in which all lines have the same end rhyme. The term "monorhyme" describes the use of one (mono) type of repetitious sound (rhyme). This is common in Arabic, Persian, Latin and Welsh work, such as '' Th ...

form Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens. Form may also refer to: *Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter dat ...

in which each line ends with an n sound, coming either from the letter ''nūn'' () or from

nunation Nunation (, '), in some Semitic languages such as Arabic, is the addition of one of three vowel diacritics (''ḥarakāt'') to a noun or adjective. This is used to indicate the word ends in an alveolar nasal without the addition of the letter ''n ...

( ''tanwīn''). This creates the consonant rhyme scheme of the poem. Among the most famous ''nuniyyas'' are the Nuniyya of

Ibn Zaydun Abū al-Walīd Aḥmad Ibn Zaydouni al-Makhzūmī (; 1003–1071), or simply known as Ibn Zaydoun () or Abenzaidun, was an Arab Andalusian poet of Cordoba and Seville. He was considered the greatest neoclassical poet of al-Andalus. He reinvigora ...

, the ''Nuniyya'' of Khidr Bey, the ''Nuniyya'' of

Ibn Qayyim Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn Ayyūb az-Zurʿī d-Dimashqī l-Ḥanbalī (29 January 1292–15 September 1350 CE / 691 AH–751 AH), commonly known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya ("The son of the principal of he scho ...

, the ''Nuniyya'' of Imam al-Qahtani al-Andalusi, the ''Nuniyya'' of Abu al-Fath al-Busti, and "'' Ritha' al-Andalus''" by

Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi Abu Muhammad Salih b. Abi Sharif ar-Rundi (; 1204–1285) or Abu-l-Tayyib/ Abu-l-Baqa Salih b. Sharif al-Rundi was a poet, writer, and literary critic from al-Andalus who wrote in Arabic. His fame is based on his '' nuniyya'' entitled "" ''Rithaa' ...

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