معما
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
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 | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mu'ammā |
| Dari reading? | mo'ammā |
| Iranian reading? | mo'ammâ |
| Tajik reading? | müʾammo |
Noun edit
| Dari | مُعَمّا |
|---|---|
| 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