سماع

From the root س م ع‎ (s-m-ʕ).

سَمَاع • (samāʕ) m

1. verbal noun of سَمِعَ‎ (samiʕa, “hearing”) (form I)
2. (uncountable, linguistics) attestation (perceived as a form of hearing or receiving)

   Antonym: قِيَاس‎ (qiyās, “analogy”)

3. (uncountable, archaic) (with ال‎ (al-, “the”)) the act of listening to music
   1. (uncountable, archaic) (with ال‎ (al-, “the”)) music

      Synonym: مُوسِيقَى‎ (mūsīqā)

سَمَّاع • (sammāʕ) (feminine سَمَّاعَة‎ (sammāʕa), masculine plural سَمَّاعُونَ‎ (sammāʕūna), feminine plural سَمَّاعَات‎ (sammāʕāt))

1. (oftentimes derogatory) receptive, acceptive, or absorptive (of ideas, information, and so on); attentive
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:42:

     ‏سَمَّاعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ أَكَّالُونَ لِلسُّحْتِ ۚ فَإِن جَاؤُوكَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم أَوْ أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ فَلَن يَضُرُّوكَ شَيْئًا ۖ وَإِنْ حَكَمْتَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُمْ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ‎

     sammāʕūna lilkaḏibi ʔakkālūna li-s-suḥtifaʔin jāʔūka faḥkum baynahum ʔaw ʔaʕriḍ ʕanhumwaʔin tuʕriḍ ʕanhum falan yaḍurrūka šayʔan waʔin ḥakamta faḥkum baynahum bi-l-qisṭiʔinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muqsiṭīna

     Absorbers of lies, eaters of [shameful and worthless] trash! If they [ever] come to you, either judge their quarrels and disputes or turn away from them. If you [do] turn away, they cannot [ever] harm you, but if you judge, then judge fairly. Allah likes the fair.

سَمَاعِ • (samāʕi)

1. (defective) hear!, listen!, hark!

From Arabic سَمَاع‎ (samāʕ).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /samɑːʔ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /samɒːʔ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sæmɒːʔ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /samɔːʔ/

سماع • (samâ')

1. hearing

   Synonym: شنیدن‎ (šenidan)

2. singing; song; music

   Synonyms: آهنگ‎ (âhang), سرود‎ (sorud)