RADIF (arabi kase, ki dar yak asp az pasi kasi digar menishinad), dar ilmi qofiya hijo, kalima yo iboraero guyand, ki dar okhiri misraho bad az qofiya takror meshavad. Masalan, dar in shori Rudaki «mardi» Radif ast;
Gar bar sari nafsi khud yamiri, mardi,
Bar quru kar ar nuqta nagiri, mardi.
Mardi nabuvad fitodaro poy zadan
Gar dasti fitodae bigiri, mardi.
Radif dar ejodiyoti shoironi guzashtai fors-tojik, makhsusan dar gazal bisyor istemol gardidaast. Adabiyotshinoson sheri «muraddaf» — radifzorro khushoyandu muassir gufta, dar sher ovardani Padifro hunari shoiri donistaand. Radif dar nazmi imruzai tojik niz mustamal ast.
Ad.: S i r u s B., Qofiya dar nazmi tojik stalinobod, 1955.
S. Davronov.