Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarpa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tarpa
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wind instrument that is played by blowing into a reservoir chamber that is connected to two bamboo pipes attached to a resonating chamber. It is primarily played by the Western Indian Warli tribe.

Etymology

From Marathi तारपा (tārpā)

Inflected Forms

tarpas (plural)

Questions

What does tarpa mean?: A wind instrument that is played by blowing into a reservoir chamber that is connected to two bamboo pipes attached to a resonating chamber. It is primarily played by the Western Indian Warli tribe.
Where does tarpa come from?: From Marathi तारपा (tārpā)

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