मुक्काम

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقام (muqām), from Arabic مُقَام (muqām). Compare Hindustani مقام / मुक़ाम (muqām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muk.kam/

Noun

मुक्काम • (mukkām) m

1. stay, place of halt
2. place of residence (as referred to in the address on a letter)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मुक्काम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुकाम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मुका(क्का)म”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).