مقام
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مقام
- /ma.qaːm/
- /məˈqaːm/
Rhymes with -aːm
Where it comes from
Noun of place from the verb قَامَ (qāma, “to get up”), from the root ق و م (q w m). Cognate with Hebrew מָקוֹם (māqōm) and Phoenician 𐤌𐤒𐤌 (mqm).
noun مَقَام · maqām · مَقَامَات · الْمَقَام
- verbal noun of قَامَ (qāma) (form I)
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place, spot
Similar: مَكان
- situation
- domicile
- burial place
- shrine, holy burial place associated with a religious figure
- staying, halting, sojourn, dwelling
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standing, station
Similar: مَنْزِلَة
- office, rank, dignity
- esteem, consideration
- court (of a sovereign)
- tune, song
- maqam (Arabic musical scale), tonality, mode, key
- denominator (bottom of a fraction)
noun مُقَام · muqām · مُقَامَات · الْمُقَام
- verbal noun of أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma) (form IV)
- noun of place of أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma): residence يَا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ بِهَا ... قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ فَأَدْمُعِي مِدْرَارُ
In English
- denominator number or expression written below the line in a fraction
- maqam modal structure
Talk about this word "مقام." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. مقام. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85 "مقام." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85.Cite this
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