Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kumbh mela

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: kumb-h mela
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A Hindu festival, held every twelve years at four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers for purification from sin.

Example Sentences

"Kumbh Mela (The Pot Fair) is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage and a religious festival where millions of sadhus, pilgrims, and devotees come for historical ritual bathing at four sites on the banks of Rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Godavari and Shipra, considered sacrad."
"Kumbh Mela is the single largest religious congregation or, in fact, human gathering of any kind on Earth."
"Once every twelve years a great Kumbh Mela takes place, when the propitious timing is amplified many thousands of times over. And, in keeping with the lunar cycles, every twelfth great Kumbh Mela is the 'Maha' -- held ever 144 years."
"Kumbh Melas are held every 12 years. The last Haridwar Kumbh Mela was held in 2010."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani کُمبھ میلَہ (kumbh melā) / कुंभ मेला (kumbh melā). Related to kumbha and mela.

Inflected Forms

Kumbh Melas (plural) Kumbha Mela (alternative)

Questions

What does kumbh mela mean?: A Hindu festival, held every twelve years at four locations in India, at which pilgrims bathe in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers for purification from sin.
Where does kumbh mela come from?: Borrowed from Hindustani کُمبھ میلَہ (kumbh melā) / कुंभ मेला (kumbh melā). Related to kumbha and mela.

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