نغمه

نغمه

See also: نغمة‎ and نغمہ‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَغْمة‎ (naḡma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naɣma/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /naɣma/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /næɢme/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /naɣma/

Noun

Dari	نغمه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нағма (naġma)

نغمه • (nağme)

1. melody; tune; song
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 2”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:

     ‏چه نسبت است به رندی صلاح و تقوا را
     سماعِ وعظ کجا، نغمهٔ رباب کجا‎

     či nisbat ast ba rindī salāh u taqwā rā
     samā'-i wa'z kujā, nağma-yi rubāb kujā

     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

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

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “نغمه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim