नग़मा

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəɣ.mɑː/, [nɐɣ.mäː], /nəɡ.mɑː/, [nɐɡ.mäː]

Noun

नग़मा • (naġmā) m (Urdu spelling نغمہ)

1. melody, tune, song

Declension

Declension of नग़मा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नग़मा naġmā	नग़मे naġme
oblique	नग़मे naġme	नग़मों naġmõ
vocative	नग़मे naġme	नग़मो naġmo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नग़मा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press