Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dastgah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dast-gah
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Amir ElSaffar, an Iraqi-American trumpeter, collaborates here with Hafez Modirzadeh, an Iranian-American saxophonist, playing an improvised music that incorporates traditional elements of Iraqi maqam and Persian dastgah."

Etymology

From Persian دستگاه (dastgâh).

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: دستگاه

Usage

Inflected Forms

dastgahs (plural) dastgāh (alternative)

Questions

What does dastgah mean?: One of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.
Where does dastgah come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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