maqam
/məˈkɑːm/Music
noun
A melodic mode used as a basis for improvisation or composition in Persian, Arabic, and Turkish music.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Asiatick Research. From Arabic maqām mode, melody, tune; position, situation, place, standing from qāma to stand.
- make for
- make free with
- make fun of
- make good
- make good one's escape
- make (great) play of (or with)
- make hard work of
- make haste
- make hay (while the sun shines)
- make head or tail of
- make heavy weather of
- make history
- make it a rule to do something
- make it big
- make it (or things) hot for
- make it snappy
- makeless
- make light of
- make light work of
- make like
- make little of
- make love
- Makem
- make merry
- make mincemeat of