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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

damaru

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
damaru
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a drum having two heads opposite one another, commonly used in the Hindu and Buddhist religions.

Indian usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi डमरू (ḍamrū) / Urdu ڈَمَرُو (ḍamarū)), Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru) and Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ (ḍa ma ru).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: डमरू, ڈَمَرُو, डमरु, ཌ་མ་རུ

Usage

Inflected Forms

damarus (plural)

Questions

What does damaru mean?
a drum having two heads opposite one another, commonly used in the Hindu and Buddhist religions.
Where does damaru come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce damaru

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