taksim

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تقسیم, from Arabic تَقْسِيم (taqsīm), verbal noun of قَسَمَ (qasama, “to divide, distribute”).

Noun

taksim

1. division, partition, distribution
2. (music) instrumental improvisation, instrumental solo (often introducing a vocal solo or a modulation to another makam, or mode)
3. dividing up
4. (mathematics) division, division sign
5. place containing a reservoir from which water is distributed to various parts of a city
6. (grammar) slash mark, slash, diagonal, virgule

See also

• تقسيم

References

• Signell, Karl. Makam: Modal Practice in Turkish Art Music. Usul Publications, 2005.