نغمہ

See also: نغمة and نغمه

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma)bor.

Classical Persian نغمه (naġma)bor.

Urdu نغمہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian نغمه (naġma), borrowed from Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəɣ.mɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: نَغ‧مَہ

Noun

نَغْمَہ • (naġma) m (formal plural نَغْمَات (naġmāt), Hindi spelling नग़मा or नग़्मा) (poetic)

1. melody, song, tune

   محبت کے نغمات گائیں گے ہم۔

   muhabbat ke naġmāt gāēn ge ham.

   We will recite the melodies of love.

2. musical note

   Synonym: سُر (sur)

3. a a sweet, soft voice

Declension

Declension of نغمہ

	singular	plural
direct	نَغْمَہ (naġmah)	نَغْمے (naġme)
oblique	نَغْمے (naġme)	نَغْموں (naġmõ)
vocative	نَغْمے (naġme)	نَغْمو (naġmo)

Proper noun

نَغْمَہ • (naġma) f (Hindi spelling नग़मा)

1. a female given name, Naghma, from Arabic

Further reading

More information

• “نغمہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نغمہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نغمہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “نغمه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “نغمه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC