MUZDAVIJ, muzdavaj (ar.—dugona, juft). dar ilmi bade sherero menomand, ki binoi on bar abyoti mustaqili musarra — hamqofiya guzoshta shudaast. Ammo dar miyoni shoironi fors-tojik ba joi in istiloh murodifi on — masnavi mamultar gardidaast va shuaroi fors-tojik sherero, ki har baytash doroi qofiyai vohid va mustaqil boshad, va Muzaho, balki masnavi guftaand. Chunonchi Abdurrahmoni Jomi dar masnavii «Khiradnomai Iskandari» guftaast:
Kunun kardaam pushti himmat qavi,
Diham masnaviro libosi navi.
Dar barobari sheru qissahoi khurdi gunogunmazmun, ki dar devonu kulliyoti shoironi guzashta ba nazar merasand, bisyor dostonhoi qahramoni, tarikhi, ishqi, akhloqivu tarbiyavii adabiyoti klassikii fors-tojik dar shakli masnavi (muzdavaj) navishta shudaand.
Ad.: Atoullo Husayni, Badoe-us-sanoe, D., 1974.
S. Imronov,