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

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