मुक़ाम

See also: मुकांम

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मक़ाम (maqām)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقام (muqām), from Arabic مُقَام (muqām). First attested as Old Hindi मुकांम (mukā̃m). Compare Marathi मुक्काम (mukkām).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.qɑːm/, [mʊ.qä̃ːm], /mʊ.kɑːm/, [mʊ.kä̃ːm]

Noun

मुक़ाम • (muqām) m (Urdu spelling مقام)

1. resting place, stop
2. residence, dwelling

Declension

Declension of मुक़ाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुक़ाम muqām	मुक़ाम, मुक़ामात muqām, muqāmāt
oblique	मुक़ाम muqām	मुक़ामों, मुक़ामातों muqāmõ, muqāmātõ
vocative	मुक़ाम muqām	मुक़ामो, मुक़ामातो muqāmo, muqāmāto

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “muqā:m”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुकाम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3951
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुक़ाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 819
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مقام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1054
• “मक़ाम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.