نغمه

See also: نغمة and نغمہ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naɣˈma/

(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^?	naġma
Dari reading^?	naġma
Iranian reading^?	naġme
Tajik reading^?	naġma

Noun


Iranian Persian	نغمه
Dari	نغمه
Tajik	нағма

نغمه • (naġme)

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, naġma-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