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dotara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dotara
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali দোতারা (dōtara) and Assamese দোতাৰা (dütara), from Persian دوتار (do târ) with the Bengali-Assamese suffix -আ (-a, “having, -ed”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: দোতারা, দোতাৰা, دوتار

Inflected Forms

dotaras (plural) dotar (alternative)

Derived Forms

dotarist

Frequently Paired Words

dutar

Questions

What does dotara mean?
A stringed instrument from Bengal resembling the mandolin.
Where does dotara come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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