taksim

From Ottoman Turkish تقسیم, from Arabic تَقْسِيم (taqsīm), verbal noun of قَسَمَ (qasama, “to divide, distribute”).

taksim

1. division, partition, distribution
2. (music) instrumental improvisation, instrumental solo (often introducing a vocal solo or a modulation to another makam, or mode)
3. dividing up
4. (mathematics) division, division sign
5. place containing a reservoir from which water is distributed to various parts of a city
6. (grammar) slash mark, slash, diagonal, virgule

• تقسيم

• Signell, Karl. Makam: Modal Practice in Turkish Art Music. Usul Publications, 2005.