मक़ामी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुक़ामी (muqāmī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقامی (maqāmī), from مقام (maqām) + suffix ـی (-ī), from Arabic مَقَام (maqām), from the root ق و م (q w m). By surface analysis, मक़ाम (maqām, “residence, dwelling”) +‎ -ई (-ī, “a suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.qɑː.miː/, [mɐ.qäː.miː], /mə.kɑː.miː/, [mɐ.käː.miː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: म‧क़ा‧मी

Adjective

मक़ामी • (maqāmī) (Urdu spelling مقامی)

1. Alternative form of मुक़ामी (muqāmī)

References

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