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ravanahatha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ra-vana-hatha
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient bowed stringed instrument of India, Sri Lanka, and surrounding areas, possibly an ancestor of the violin.

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from many Indic languages, most likely from Hindi रावण हत्था (rāvaṇ hatthā).

Inflected Forms

ravanahathas (plural) ravanhatta (alternative) rawanhattha (alternative) ravanastron (alternative)

Questions

What does ravanahatha mean?
An ancient bowed stringed instrument of India, Sri Lanka, and surrounding areas, possibly an ancestor of the violin.
Where does ravanahatha come from?
Possibly borrowed from many Indic languages, most likely from Hindi रावण हत्था (rāvaṇ hatthā).

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