نغمه

See also: نغمة and نغمہ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [naɣ.ma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɣ.mä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɣ.mä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näɣ.mä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näɣ.mä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næɢ.me]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näʁ.mä]

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

Noun

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

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नग़मा (naġmā)

  Urdu: نَغمَہ (naġmā)

References

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