مقام
Root: قولون
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
مقام maqām pl. -āt site, location, position; place, spot, point, locality; situation; station; standing, position, 800 rank, dignity; tomb of a saint, sacred place; key, tonality, mode (mus.) │ في هذا المقام on this occasion; مقام ابراهيم small building near the Kaaba, in Mecca (housing a stone with ِAbraham’s foot-prints); مقام الحديث topic of the conversation; المقامات السياسية (الرسمية) (siyāsīya, rasmīya) the political (official) agencies; مقام الكسر m. al-kasr denominator of a fraction; صاحب المقام الرفيع title conferred upon the holder of the order of “Collier Fouad I”, established by Fuad I in 1936; كان عندي في مقام والدي (m. wālidī) he assumed the responsibility of fatherhood for me; cf. also muqām and under قمّ
Entry 2
مقام muqām raised, set up, erected, etc.; pending (legal action); stay, sojourn; abode, habitat, whereabouts; place of residence; duration of stay; see also under قمّ
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