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mughams

mughams is the plural of mugham.

Meaning of mugham

Noun

mugham (countable and uncountable, plural mughams)

  1. A musical composition of Azerbaijan in a complex form that blends classical poetry and musical improvisation.
    • But the more complicated issue was that the sections composed for orchestra and chorus, in the style of a 19th-century Italian opera, seemed entirely separate from the mugham sections, long improvisations in which Mr. Qasimov interprets the plight of Majnun using one of the 24 different mughams...2009 March 1, Meline Toumani, “For the Love of Layla”, in New York Times

Questions about mughams

What is mughams the plural of?
Mughams is the plural of mugham.

Words near mughams in the dictionary

  1. Mughal yard
  2. Mughal yards
  3. Mughals
  4. Mughalsarai
  5. mugham
  6. mughams
  7. Mughlai
  8. mughouse
  9. mughouses
  10. Mughrabi
  11. Mughrabis

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