نغمه

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See also: نغمة and نغمہ

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? nağma
Dari reading? nağma
Iranian reading? nağme
Tajik reading? naġma

Noun[edit]

Dari نغمه
Iranian Persian
Tajik нағма

نغمه (nağme)

  1. melody; tune; song
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 2”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎[1]:
      چه نسبت است به رندی صلاح و تقوا را
      سماعِ وعظ کجا، نغمهٔ رباب کجا
      či nisbat ast ba rindî salâh u taqwâ râ
      samâ'-i wa'z kujâ, nağma-yi rubâb kujâ
      What do virtue and piety have to do with being a rogue?
      Where is the listening to sermons? Where, the tune of the lute?
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

Descendants[edit]

  • Hindustani: naġmā
    • Hindi: नग़मा
    • Urdu: نَغمَہ

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