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مَقام
station, standing, or place /maˈqaːm/
nounB2#3126 most common
Also: shrine (of a saint), musical mode (maqam), rank, social standing
Example sentences
هذا مَقامٌ جميلٌ.
This is a beautiful place.
مَقامُ الوَلِيِّ قريبٌ مِن هنا.
The saint's shrine is near here.
لِكُلِّ إنسانٍ مَقامٌ في المُجتَمَعِ.
Every person has a standing in society.
يَحتَلُّ الأُستاذُ مَقامًا رَفيعًا بَينَ زُملائِهِ.
The professor holds a high standing among his colleagues.
غَنَّى المُطرِبُ عَلى مَقامِ الحِجازِ.
The singer sang in the Hijaz maqam, a musical mode.
لَيسَ هَذا مَقامَ الحَديثِ عَن تَفاصيلَ حَساسَةٍ.
This is not the occasion to speak of sensitive details.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَقامٌ | مَقاماتٌ |
| Genitive | مَقامٍ | مَقاماتٍ |
| Accusative | مَقامًا | مَقاماتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَقامُ | يا مَقاماتُ |
Word family
Etymology
Maqām comes from the Semitic root q-w-m, meaning to stand or rise. Arabic builds it with the prefix mim, which forms nouns of place, giving the sense of a place where one stands. Over time the word widened from a literal spot to rank, occasion, a saint's shrine, and a mode in classical Arabic music.
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