معما
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”).
Noun
[edit]معما • (mu'amma)
- mystery
- riddle, puzzle
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: muamma
References
[edit]- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1914
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mu.ʔam.ˈmɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.ʔæm.mɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.ʔäm.mɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mu'ammā |
Dari reading? | mo'ammā |
Iranian reading? | mo'ammâ |
Tajik reading? | müʾammo |
Noun
[edit]Dari | مُعَمّا |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | муаммо |
مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معماها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))
- riddle; enigma; puzzle
- (poetry) very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues