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Sigah

Sigah noun: a maqam in Persian music.

Noun

Sigah (uncountable)

  1. A maqam in Persian music.
    • We notice a preference for melodies based upon the Makams that were related to the modes of the Synagogue, such as Bayati and Nawa, corresponding to the Prophetic, Mogen-Ovos, and Lamentations modes; for Siga and Irak, which correspond to the Pentateuch, Ruth, and Tefilla modes; for Hedjaz, which...1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 364

Forms of Sigah

alternative formSegah
alternative formSikah

Origin of Sigah

Borrowed from Persian.

Questions about Sigah

What does Sigah mean?
Sigah means a maqam in Persian music.
What part of speech is Sigah?
Sigah is a noun.

Words near Sigah in the dictionary

  1. sig tune
  2. sig tunes
  3. sig. fig.
  4. sig. figs.
  5. Siga
  6. Sigah
  7. Sigal
  8. Sigala
  9. Sigalas
  10. Sigals
  11. Sigamot

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