Where does “maqta” come from?
maqta (English) comes from Urdu مقطع, from Arabic مقطع, from Arabic قطع, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט, from Aramaic 𐡈.
maqta (English): The last couplet of a ghazal, typically...
Definitions
- The last couplet of a ghazal, typically...
Ancestry of “maqta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Urdu | مقطع | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مقطع | division, part, section |
| 3 | Arabic | قطع | to cut, to break; to stop, to cease; to cut off |
| 4 | Arabic | ط | ط |
| 5 | Nabataean | 𐢋 | — |
| 6 | Classical Syriac | ܛ | number nine |
| 7 | Aramaic | ט | — |
| 8 | Aramaic | 𐡈 | — |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓄤 | — |