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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maqama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
maqa-ma
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Arabic literary genre

Etymology

From Arabic مَقَامَة (maqāma).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: مَقَامَة

Inflected Forms

maqāma (alternative)

Questions

What does maqama mean?
Arabic literary genre
Where does maqama come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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