Meanings
nounBayati (uncountable)
- uncountableA maqam similar to natural minor.
The second group, Nos. 7-10 comprises songs of Sephardic-Syrian origin. No. 7 has the same text as No. 6. Its tune, which is in Bayati, is known also in Italy.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 371
Origin
Borrowed from Arabic.
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