"maqam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: maqams [plural], maqamat [plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic مَقَام (maqām). . Doublet of mugham. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ar|مَقَام}} Arabic مَقَام (maqām), {{root|en|ar|ق و م}}, {{doublet|en|mugham}} Doublet of mugham Head templates: {{en-noun|s|maqamat}} maqam (plural maqams or maqamat)
  1. (music) A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia. Wikipedia link: maqam Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: Nahavand, maqaam Translations (modal structure): مَقَام (maqām) [masculine] (Arabic), μακάμι (makámi) [neuter] (Greek), μακάμ (makám) [neuter] (Greek), मुक़ाम (muqām) [masculine] (Hindi), मुकाम (mukām) [masculine] (Hindi), मकाम (makām) [masculine] (Hindi), マカーム (Japanese), پرده (parde) [singular] (Persian), مقام (maqām) [singular] (Persian), makam (Turkish), مۇقام (muqam) (Uyghur)

Noun [Zazaki]

Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَقَام (maqām). Etymology templates: {{bor|zza|ar|مَقَام}} Arabic مَقَام (maqām) Head templates: {{head|zza|noun|m}} maqam (m)
  1. (music) Melodic mode. The makam system sets complex rules for cins (characteristic intervals) and seyir (melodic development) in classical genres such as Ottoman court music, mosque music, and Mevlevi music. The Arab مقام (maqām), or mode, is most closely related, the Persian دستگاه (dastgâh), Central Asian mugam, Indian rag and others are more distantly related. Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-maqam-zza-noun-xCQ6AUqR Categories (other): Zazaki entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Zazaki entries with incorrect language header: 61 10 2 25 2 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. tune, music, harmony Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maqam-zza-noun-STWM40Z2
  3. mode, way, manner Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maqam-zza-noun-GRunwCUN
  4. place, station, post, office (workplace) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maqam-zza-noun-EO5q6Jsj
  5. position of authority, chair Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maqam-zza-noun-hWDTKGrg

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.