مقام

Noun of place from the verb قَامَ‎ (qāma, “to get up”), from the root ق و م‎ (q-w-m). Cognate with Hebrew מָקוֹם‎ (māqōm).

مَقَام • (maqām) m (plural مَقَامَات‎ (maqāmāt))

1. verbal noun of قَامَ‎ (qāma) (form I)
2. place, spot
3. situation
4. domicile
5. burial place
6. staying, halting, sojourn, dwelling
7. standing, station
8. office, rank, dignity
9. esteem, consideration
10. court (of a sovereign)
11. (music) tune, song
12. (music, countable) maqam (Arabic musical scale), tonality, mode, key

• Azerbaijani: məqam
• Hindi: मुक़ाम (muqām)
• Indonesian: makam
• Turkish: makam

مُقَام • (muqām) m (plural مُقَامَات‎ (muqāmāt))

1. verbal noun of أَقَامَ‎ (ʾaqāma) (form IV)
2. noun of place of أَقَامَ‎ (ʾaqāma): residence

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مقام”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “قام (قوم)‎”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN