מנגינה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ג־ן‎ (n-g-n)

From the root נ־ג־ן‎

Noun

מַנְגִּינָה • (manginá) f (plural indefinite מַנְגִּינוֹת‎)

tune, melody
- 1977, Uzi Hitman (music), “נוֹלַדְתִּי לַשָּׁלוֹם (“I Was Born for Peace”)”:
  
  ‏אני נולדתי אל המנגינות / ו אל ה שירים של כל ה מדינות‎‎
  'aní noládti 'el hamanginót / v'el hashirím shel kól ham'dinót
  I was born to the tunes / And to the songs of all the nations

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