dirge

English - Turkish

Definition of dirge in English Turkish dictionary

ağıt

ağıtlama

{i} cenaze ayini

{i} mersiye

eleji

English - English

Definition of dirge in English English dictionary

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

{n} a mournful or funeral ditty, a service

A poem of grief or lamentation, especially one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites (See also Elegy, Epitaph, Monody)

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

A dirge is a slow, sad song or piece of music. Dirges are sometimes performed at funerals

A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn

{i} funeral song, mournful song; mournful sound

Slow and mournful song Threnody

A lamentlike composition, sometimes vocal, that is often played at a funeral or memorial service

a brief funeral hymn or song An example is Henry King's Exequy

A piece that is performed at a funeral or memorial service

Related Terms

dirges

plural of dirge

Turkish pronunciation

dırc

Synonyms

lament, requiem, coronach, threnody, elegy, chant, cry, death march, death song, funeral song, hymn, jeremiad, keen, march, monody

Pronunciation

/ˈdərʤ/ /ˈdɜrʤ/

Etymology

() From the beginning of an antiphon in the latin requiem (Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam)

Tenses

dirging, dirged