معما

Etymology

From Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”).

Noun

معما • (mu'amma)

1. mystery
2. riddle, puzzle

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1914
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman), passive participle of عَمَّى (ʕammā, “to conceal, make cryptic”).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُعَمّا • (mo'ammâ) (plural معما‌ها (mo'ammâ-hâ) or مُعَمّات (mo'ammât))

1. riddle; enigma; puzzle

   Synonyms: چیستان (čistân), لُغَز (loğaz)

2. (poetry) very short poem which conceals the name of a person, to be puzzled out through textual clues