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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تقسیم, from Arabic تَقْسِيم (taqsīm), verbal noun of قَسَمَ (qasama, “to divide, distribute”).
Noun
taksim
- division, partition, distribution
- (music) instrumental improvisation, instrumental solo (often introducing a vocal solo or a modulation to another makam, or mode)
- dividing up
- (mathematics) division, division sign
- place containing a reservoir from which water is distributed to various parts of a city
- (grammar) slash mark, slash, diagonal, virgule
See also
References
- Signell, Karl. Makam: Modal Practice in Turkish Art Music. Usul Publications, 2005.