نغمہ

See also: نغمة and نغمه

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

نَغْمَہ • (naġma) m (formal plural نَغْمَات (naġmāt), Hindi spelling नग़मा) (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 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, 2025.
  • 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, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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