"معما" meaning in Persian

See معما in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mu.ʔam.ˈmɑː] [Classical-Persian], [mo̞.ʔäm.mɑ́ː] [Dari, formal], [mo̞.ʔäm.mɑ́ː] [Dari, formal], [mʊ.wäm.mɑ́ː] [Kabuli], [mu.wäm.mɔ́ː] (note: Hazaragi), [mo.ʔæm.mɒ́ː] [Iran, formal], [mu.ʔäm.mɔ́] [Tajik, formal] Forms: مُعَمّا [canonical], mo'ammâ [romanization], معماها [plural], مُعَمّات [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|مُعَمًّى}} Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|معماها|or|مُعَمّات|||f1tr=mo'ammâ-hâ|f2tr=mo'ammât|f3tr=|head=مُعَمّا|head2=|head3=|tr=mo'ammâ|tr2=|tr3=}} مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât)), {{fa-noun|head=مُعَمّا|pl=معماها|pl2=مُعَمّات|pl2tr=mo'ammât|tr=mo'ammâ}} مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))
  1. riddle; enigma; puzzle Synonyms: چیستان, لُغَز
    Sense id: en-معما-fa-noun-R7zbKclw
  2. (poetry) very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-معما-fa-noun-bY1pLnyk Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 23 11 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 16 8 73 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "müəmma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: müəmma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: müəmma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "معما",
            "bor": "y",
            "tr": "mu'ammâ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: معما (mu'ammâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: معما (mu'ammâ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "muamma"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: muamma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: muamma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مُعَمًّى"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مُعَمّا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mo'ammâ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "معماها",
      "roman": "mo'ammâ-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مُعَمّات",
      "roman": "mo'ammât",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "معماها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "مُعَمّات",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "mo'ammâ-hâ",
        "f2tr": "mo'ammât",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "مُعَمّا",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "mo'ammâ",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "مُعَمّا",
        "pl": "معماها",
        "pl2": "مُعَمّات",
        "pl2tr": "mo'ammât",
        "tr": "mo'ammâ"
      },
      "expansion": "مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "riddle; enigma; puzzle"
      ],
      "id": "en-معما-fa-noun-R7zbKclw",
      "links": [
        [
          "riddle",
          "riddle"
        ],
        [
          "enigma",
          "enigma"
        ],
        [
          "puzzle",
          "puzzle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "چیستان"
        },
        {
          "word": "لُغَز"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Poetry",
          "orig": "fa:Poetry",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Literature",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 23 11 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 16 8 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues"
      ],
      "id": "en-معما-fa-noun-bY1pLnyk",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ],
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "puzzled out",
          "puzzle out"
        ],
        [
          "textual",
          "textual"
        ],
        [
          "clue",
          "clue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetry) very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mu.ʔam.ˈmɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞.ʔäm.mɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞.ʔäm.mɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʊ.wäm.mɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mu.wäm.mɔ́ː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo.ʔæm.mɒ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mu.ʔäm.mɔ́]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "معما"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "müəmma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: müəmma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: müəmma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "معما",
            "bor": "y",
            "tr": "mu'ammâ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: معما (mu'ammâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: معما (mu'ammâ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "muamma"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: muamma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: muamma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مُعَمًّى"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مُعَمّا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mo'ammâ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "معماها",
      "roman": "mo'ammâ-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مُعَمّات",
      "roman": "mo'ammât",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "معماها",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "مُعَمّات",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "mo'ammâ-hâ",
        "f2tr": "mo'ammât",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "مُعَمّا",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "mo'ammâ",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "مُعَمّا",
        "pl": "معماها",
        "pl2": "مُعَمّات",
        "pl2tr": "mo'ammât",
        "tr": "mo'ammâ"
      },
      "expansion": "مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "riddle; enigma; puzzle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "riddle",
          "riddle"
        ],
        [
          "enigma",
          "enigma"
        ],
        [
          "puzzle",
          "puzzle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "چیستان"
        },
        {
          "word": "لُغَز"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fa:Poetry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ],
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "puzzled out",
          "puzzle out"
        ],
        [
          "textual",
          "textual"
        ],
        [
          "clue",
          "clue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetry) very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mu.ʔam.ˈmɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞.ʔäm.mɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞.ʔäm.mɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʊ.wäm.mɑ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mu.wäm.mɔ́ː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo.ʔæm.mɒ́ː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mu.ʔäm.mɔ́]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "معما"
}

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