Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kanakangi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kanakan-gi
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Name of a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the first melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta raga system of Carnatic music.

Etymology

“Golden-bodied one”, from Sanskrit कनक (kanaka, “gold”) + Telugu అంగి (aṅgi, “bodied”).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: कनक, అంగి

Questions

What does kanakangi mean?: Name of a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the first melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta raga system of Carnatic music.
Where does kanakangi come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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