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maqt̤a’(inf. n., and n.of place, of قطع 'to cut,' etc.), s.m. Cutting, severing, dividing; amputation; a cut;—interruption, an abrupt breaking off; a place of separation: a pause (in reading verse), a caesura;—the last verse of a poem (in which the writer introduces his nom de plume):—maqt̤a-kā(vulg. maqte-kā) band, Chorus of a song.
Origin: Arabic