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Ajam is a word used in Persian and Arabic literature, but with different meanings.
In Arabic, Ajam has two meanings: "non- Arab", and " Persian". Literally, it has the meaning "one who is illiterate in language", "silent", or " mute" and refers to non-Arabs in general. In the former sense, it is a neutral term meaning "stranger" or "foreign".
‘Ajam ( Turkish: Acem) is the name of a maqam (musical mode) in Arabic, Turkish, and related systems of music. Ajam (عجم) in this usage means "Persian."
The maqam Ajam is constructed of two Ajam trichords with "whole step-whole step" pitch intervals and spacing similar to the 1-2-3 (or 5-6-7) scale degrees found in an equal-tempered Western major scale (although the Ajam trichord's third scale degree may be tuned just slightly flat of an equal-tempered third). Because most uses of these Ajam trichords place the next (fourth) scale step a halfstep above the last (third) scale step of the Ajam trichord, the result is essentially the same as the "wholestep-wholestep-halfstep" tetrachord construction of the Western major scale, and thus the maqam Ajam sounds generally the same as the major scale in Western music.
On F (notated C in Turkish music), Ajam is known as Jaharkah (in Turkish: Çârgâh).
Ajam is a British world fusion group that mixes traditional Iranian musical instruments with modern rap. They draw from a variety of musical traditions including Balochi music, Kurdish music, Arabic music, Azeri music and Khorasani music.
Ajam began playing together in 2004, but they did not officially become a band until 2010. They released their first album Raghse Mardoone in November 2010. They have gained attention for their mix of traditional and modern music.
Ajam is an Arabic word meaning "non-Arab".
Ajam or AJAM may also refer to:
- Ajam of Bahrain, an ethnic group in Bahrain
- Ajam (band), a British world fusion group
- Ajam (maqam), a musical mode in Arabic, Turkish, and related systems of music
- Al Jazeera America (AJAM), an American basic cable and satellite news television channel